And no matter how you try hard to be kind, people don't always see things from the Landlord's perspective when it comes down to money.

Your best bet is to keep a pulse on the area and fresh listings, but to otherwise venture just north or south.Focus on the areas that are more inviting and often even more monetizing, if you want to improve your chances for a short term rental permit on the Oregon Coast. 

When you say LTV inside an SDIRA is somewhere around 50% are you speaking from an IRS rule perspective?

If it were me, I'd buy a couple of them and ask my cleaner to swap out the batteries if they saw the batteries were under a certain level with fresh ones, and then have the cleaners charge up the batteries as part of the service contract with them.Mike

My approach is two fold:- Gently keep in mind and remind clients there are two parties and perspectives involved.- Address buyer's concerns with reputable local professional and expert evaluations and written estimates.For example if the deck needs to be repaired or replaced, during the contingency period I'll attempt to have at least 1-2 licensed contractors provide written estimates.

I appreciate the perspective and tough love. 

That is a great perspective!

Not sure what other's perspectives are, but I think right now is a terrific opportunity for buy and hold investors.

You will meet people from different walks of life that will give you different perspectives on real estate investing.

I do think that Doorloop is probably one of the few software options for new and fresh.