I highly recommend investing in a property management software, such as Hospitable, for syncing your calendar, automating messaging, and scheduling cleans, as well as a dynamic pricing tool, such as PriceLabs, for optimizing your pricing based on market demand, local events, and seasonality. 

I don't know if shifting to MTR could generate greater interest but it doesn't solve the marketability issue and all you are doing is punting the root issue down the road. 

Would love to network with some people to get to know the area and the market a little better, as well as to hear about your experiences.

If you do not qualify, you would then look into if you would qualify with renting your departing residence. 75% of the lease will be used to offset that departing residence mortgage. as you mentioned the timing of renting the place can absolutely be tricky so you would hope you do not have to do this.Finally, and I guess would be sorta of a trick, but we do bridge loans on occasion in this case IF you can qualify once you get the property rented at market value even if debt to income ratio is too high before it is rented.

May sound strange but one thing to remember is when mortgage rates take a big drop it causes more buyers to come to the market.

Welcome Joshua, I work the Atlanta market.  

If you're open to other markets, shoot me a message and I can share some top-performing areas!

You were not afforded a reasonable (in most states, 30 days) amount of notice to re-market your property. 

But if costs are high or demand is uncertain, holding onto the land while monitoring the market might be the better play.

Are you looking into certain investment strategies to begin or certain markets?