I bet if converted BACK, it would be 4br+, probably a rather spacious 4br+: - a whole lot easier to rent given much more demand for such vs efficiency or 1brs- no longer competing in any way against apartments- no more utility issues, because tenants cover 100% of there own utilaties- no more headaches of wrangling different persons to play nice togetherAnd on and on and on...... 

Your best bet is to ask for referrals from professionals in the space: realtors, other investors, this forum, FB groups, etc.

Nowhere in their claim is there any mention of how many people get that list.. so all this does matter.Lastly I am willing to bet there are plenty of people that have send 2K mailers and not gotten any deals... so tha claim truly is factually wrong.So does your plan sound good...In my opinion it doesn't sound good...

Best bet though is a local community business bank.. 

Bought it as a safe bet thinking it would do roughly $35k annually in short term rents.

Multifamily real estate has traditionally been a stable asset class, and the Washington D.C. metro has traditionally been a stable market area, making the two together a good safe bet, especially for anyone with a long-term view of their investing strategy.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

As you concede, you and your tenant buyers made opposite bets on appreciation over the 3 year period in setting the option price. 

We placed our biggest bet on a single property, class B shares.

agree .. other wise its just the bottom feeders looking to take his equity from him  with couching it as a rescue.. his best bet it to sell if its owner occ the profit is tax free .. regroup and start over..