I recommend that you focus on identifying areas with strong job growth, increasing population and a solid rental market.

And we simply push back and tell the buyer dont care what your inspector said they are wrong.

The study identifies with forensic engineering detail the immediate Bonus Depreciation 5, 7 and 15-year personal property class lives qualifying portions of a building that are normally buried in 27.5 year residential or 39 year commercial categories.

Create a simple spreadsheet or written list to compare the features of each and identify the ones that align with your requirements.

That may help identify your angle on being able to connect with the proper people.

The purpose for setting it up as a STR was simply to help defray the cost of owning and maintaining the property, but again we feel that the time we put into it is taking away from our quality of life with our family/kids.We're looking for advice on what to do with the property.

Deal Generation: What strategies have you found most effective for generating deals and identifying promising investment opportunities?

I had business cards printed identifying myself as a commercial broker specializing in automotive properties2.

This is a company that will perform scheduled inspections of your rental property to identify deferred maintenance needs, dubious tenant activities (say, illegal pets, bad housekeeping, failure to change HVAC filters etc). 

And 2nd, because the statistics simply show persons with __% equity have <__% likelihood of defaulting and those at __% have higher and higher likelihood of default.