If your goal is to create cashflow that you can use for daily expenses, that's another path.We need to know where you are now and where you want to go.

I have transacted at least 5000 properties as a flipper developer and lender and I have had one instance of this. were someone recorded a mortgage 5 minutes before my loan went on record so when I got my title policy I was in second instead of first made a claim to my title insurer and they rectified it quickly and went after the bad guy criminally. 

Having a Facebook page is also essential, and it needs to be tending to daily, like a garden. 

I see a lot of transactions here in my market firsthand.

Do you  mind inboxing me or posting your lender that you used for the subject property.Congrats on a seamless, positive transaction.   

Many of these buyers have 2-7 transactions buying STRs in the MLS.  95% of the time the homes come furnished. 

Are there any strategies I could use to still claim the depreciation, or any way that the transaction could be structured such that I don't lose on that tax benefit?

Their money is made on you continuing to transact in real estate, not you maximizing your own profit. 

My ads are being optimized daily, so I anticipate more leads next week and going forward.

In a court situation, would email communication suffice for appropriate documentation for daily exchange?