When a guest makes the claims you're dealing with, just refer to the photos.

Many owners now trying to flip them to MTR, so now that market is also probably over saturated.If you are super creative and maybe have some great connections with demand generators....like you work in the HR department of a reginal hospital or are a transplant coordinator or maybe a placement/claims adjuster for an insurance company, there is probably hope. 

If he is bonded, you can try filing a claim against his bond.Feel free to PM me this contractor's name so I never use him lol.

I’ve looked into some out of state markets that everyone claims are cheaper but I’ve never found that to be true once I’ve done some research.

Or is it the ease of the claims process? 

You claim that agents are hiding from you, and that you need agents, plural, in all 50 states. 

It seems unrealistic that she will pay for 2 months after moving out of the apartment.

Tax certs  have all sorts of additional process's to claim ownership and are far more complicated depending on the state and or jurisdiction.

I was not thrilled with F&G's customer service, I don't think they hold your hand through the process as much as they claim they do, and I agree that the process was much slower than it was made out to be in their promotional material.

If your income is above $150,000 and you are not eligible to claim real estate professional status, your rental losses become suspended into a future year.The suspended losses can be utilized in one of a couple ways1) You dispose of the property2) You generate passive income from this property or another property