I have purchased many homes in the past as personal residences and always with the help of an agent.  

I'm looking to buy houses off market for personal investments.

It can only be addressed in a one-on-one manner, because if you ask another CPA for a second opinion, it very well can be the opposite from the one you asked first.Here're a few of my personal pointers.1.

Intangible assets like goodwill or tangible personal property (e.g., equipment) are excluded from 1031 treatment and are taxed separately—goodwill is typically taxed as a capital gain, while equipment may be subject to depreciation recapture taxed as ordinary income.To minimize taxes on the sale of the business, consider strategies such as Opportunity Zone investments, which defer gains until 2026 if proceeds are reinvested in a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF), or structuring the sale as an installment agreement to spread taxable income over multiple years.

They both had good intentions and I have personally seen the inner workings of the business in attempting the "Done for you" model.

It's led to incredibly high occupancy rate in the off-season, but I'd rather have a slightly lower occupancy rate in order to reduce wear and tear and leave some weekends open for personal use.I'm at a loss on what to do about this.

Does that fit your personal criteria for a return you'd like to get on your investment? 

Quote from @Peter Tverdov: Think at least for the text standpoint it is challenging in this market now where I know personally 3 people that have been in lawsuits with one ringing in at $500,000 for cold text messages to people that did not want to be marketed to, so to @Jonathan Greene point on that for sure.I think that cold calling is a true skill that really no one (or 1%) will end up doing, and I 100% agree that VAs do not do it right..

Personally, I would start simple with a single family. 

You could also sell the lead to another company/person.