Fortunately I was able to get out of my contract with comparatively minimal loss. 

Investor Consequences: Longer Tenure, Lower Vacancy Rates: Reduced tenant turnover can help minimize vacancy rates, saving costs related to marketing, leasing, and repairs.

The property required no renovations, allowing for a quick turnaround with minimal investment.

Cut free of your "golden handcuffs" with the minimal interest rates on these properties and sell them all (or the biggest headache properties) and do a 1031 exchange into a bigger property or package of multi families where the cash flow is better, numbers make sense, and you can streamline property maintenance and management rather than having 6 different single family homes. 

Keeping your costs low by choosing investments with minimal fees will further enhance your returns.

Oh and the original Incumbent tenant dies of natural causes in the unit one month prior to closing in June which delayed it again.Needless to say...

Inspections can also cause delays, especially if unexpected issues arise that need to be corrected before moving forward.

This delay could have been avoided with proactive follow-up from your realtor.- Seller's Responsibility: The seller might have delayed addressing the violations or obtaining a new report, hoping to pass the responsibility to you.- Realtor's Oversight: Your realtor may have failed to verify the status of the POS report early in the process, leading to last-minute revelations.Steps to TakeTo address the current situation and prevent similar issues in the future, consider the following steps:1.

The only thing I can see is using depreciation to delay paying taxes.

For smaller properties, my initial instinct is that the effort is not worth the few dollars a month you will make, but if it is nothing more than calling a few vendors to get pricing, it could be worth the minimal effort.