Fannie Mac is a publically traded company, ticker FNMA (more later).These GSE’s were created to to promote homeownership by providing liquidity to the secondary mortgage market.These are GIANT housing players, and this is hard to understate.

The company is as well.

What is your preferred method of contact and when is a good time? 

As far as benefit to the seller goes, @Matthew Paul I think you are probably right on the money and regardless of whether they would have preferred to stay in this house rather than move, it is likely providing them some excellent cash flow; and I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a deal that serves both parties better than the current situation. 

When we were looking at our offering which our investors are preferred equity and shareholders, we looked at debt obligations and if we would need to register for an exemption etc. 

Buildium is commonly recommended for smaller PM companies.

Moreover, it allows you to set the terms of the lease agreement according to your preferences, which can help prevent misunderstandings and disputes in the future. 

It seems that often when companies acquire large books of business in one shot there are growing pains and unfortunately those are felt at the client level.

STRs are also not my game and I prefer to stick with what I know. 

It looks like this particular investor preferred the low level price point and the risks that come along with it even though he was buying from a company who could offer him both types of investments on the complete opposite side of the risk spectrum.