The whole point of the AMC is to eliminate exactly what you are looking to do. so, no, you do not have a choice. 

You made choices all along here. 

Instead of cash-flow you're creating value and saving thousands on taxes if you choice to sell. 

This can have a very beneficial impact as personal property typically has a much shorter useful life for depreciation purposes than real property.For example, if you are getting a cost segregation study performed on a commercial office building, there will most likely be assets that have been classified as part of the building but are able to be reclassified to real property and depreciation over a shorter useful life such as 5,7 or 15 years rather than 39 years.

I find automating writing tasks, especially generating property descriptions and market updates, quite beneficial.

This increase provides more choices for buyers and drives competition.Months Supply of Inventory: Inventory supply jumped by 59.3%, from 2.7 to 4.3 months.

I give you one example, sometimes I have a though choice when I tried to flip hose, the seller doesn't allow inspection and the house is priced 1 mil (comp is 1.5 mil).

On the flip side, having more choice in location with an existing product could be advantageous to both his personal life and the earnings potential; add in the second unit having the potential of being a STR/MTR and location becomes even more important.The contract/permit side CAN be challenging location by location; assuming he's working with someone who knows what they're doing, Raleigh makes it easier to get permits for these larger "small scale" projects than Durham.

You may also have the owners stay on {part-time} for a season or two to help train the new management (you).Acquire the hard assets:  In this scenario you would only purchase the real property and those hard assets (docks, boats, etc.) that you deem would be beneficial.  

This increase provides more choices for buyers and encourages competition.Months Supply of Inventory: Inventory supply jumped by 50%, from 3.0 to 4.5 months.