After framing out the access to the room from the kitchen, I added some dry wall and voila - my 4/3 is now a 3/2 with a STR studio.

Thank you for your advise and I use to be a member of GAREIA and I was working with someone and they left me high and dry.

One last point: If there is a higher tenant to bathroom ratio, a simple dry erase "shower schedule" on the back of a bathroom door can work wonders.

Here's my lease language:(k) Yards, patios, balconies, vestibules, hallways, and entrances may not be used to store belongings or to dry clothes.

I have seemingly found a good realtor but the mortgage broker has left me high and dry.    

I just had to redo the grading and dry lock all of the basement because of leaking from the rain now this HVAC issue.

There’s nothing worse than a lender that over promises and then can’t deliver (sometimes they don’t even review your file before giving you the pre-approval letter and assuring you that all is well, charge you for the appraisal and let you go through inspection and pay for that out of pocket too, then their underwriters get involved and discover some reason they can’t process the loan leaving you high and dry).

But my issue is that the pipeline either runs dry on the top funnel or I cant get bids out fast enough. 

You might have an expectation of 30-90 DOM to sell a property in the US meanwhile you are realistically looking at 6-18+ months in DR.  I

When the money dries up, they'll abandon your property and leave you with a bill.If your property is capable of producing a greater return as a corporate rental or short-term rental, I recommend you educate yourself on how to do that and then do it yourself.