Are you offering any special programs, incentives, or advice to help them close out the year successfully? 

The indoor malls that simply offered shopping and a food court are the ones dying off.I've seen some malls be demolished and replaced with high-density single family developments. 

A single property is simpler to manage, carries lower financial risk, and offers streamlined tax reporting but may generate taxable income sooner.

The Suburban markets with New construction offering decent builder buy-down rates 5s %, and selling completed inventory homes to investors is an opportunity we’re pointing investors to, as well as Duplexes outside the city, that’s where we’re finding some of the best options to get closest to positive cashflow with 20/25% down.

So I offered to pay for the flight, if they returned a clean and empty house.

When you mentioned you did your homework on the turnkey property, if that were the case you would have had a really good idea what the property was worth before you offered on it (of course sparing the occasional rogue appraiser, which may be what happened to you... idk) and certainly before the appraisal.

So, you, as an individual, may not get to the same rate that a MASSIVE national builder can...but you can certainly offer credits to the buyers to help buy down the rates. 

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You could offer 6 months of guidance and help to the new owners if they are noobs to STR.

I'll admit upfront that I would never own rental property in CA, so that colors my response.I'd offer the tenant up to $10K to leave immediately, keeping the eviction off their record, then sell.