dont have an answer there really only is two..sell take your lumps.stabilize and take your lumps.but for others reading this I think it is a cautionary tale of leaving your home market that you know well and if I was guessing I would say you did it to chase yields that looked better on paper that what you currently are doing. 

Amending returns can rectify the mistake on paper, making sure everything's in the right place for both the IRS and any future buyers.

Worst case they just want me to change it, or in cases I have had Fannie throw a fit and want to use there paper work, but even then the process bought me time, where I could have exited the deal.

@Ilyas Karzai on paper, many out of state properties look like homeruns. 

They were not willing to take a haircut and hold the paper. 

@Daniel K Houck I have 2 kids and a wife and they don’t want to house hack either so I can relate to your post.The BP Money series interviews a bunch of people where Financial Independence is achieved through frugality, REI, and investing.The story is the same there-start young, make sacrifices before kids, rent out your bedroom in your apartment and sleep on a sofa and grow your own food and use K-cups twice and count each piece of toilet paper etc…and by your mid 30s you are free!

My thoughts:  You need to take your vision and put it down on paper. 

Driving to open houses found in the paper How did you finance this deal?

This is the people business side of things, and holly-cow there is a LOT to this, a lot more than just numbers on a paper can speak to.

If your past flips were profitable and on budget, if you have a solid crew, and if you're buying homes at 65% (+/-) of ARV, you can put the details of your past flips ( on paper (pdf) or in a short, professional looking video and be prepared to send the pdf or video link to potential private money lenders who you are intentionally seeking out.