I would highly recommend you sell and do a 1031 exchange into something that will produce income, like a rental property.

Last year, the city required a bank statement, which was not overly difficult for me to produce; however, this year the city of Chicago required either a homeowners exemption or a state license showing the exact address and unit for the listed AirBnB. 

This becomes EQUITY, which can be leveraged 4 to 1 to purchase income producing property.4.

Our main issue is that we are getting exhausted with people who say they're cash buyers and can't produce a POF.

Although taxes and purchase price may be more with a multi family the fact that there are multiple units for rent tend to be much more income being produced.   

., assets that tend to produce income for more than a year) are expensed over a specified "useful life." 

Deals come to you.Here is what a credible website that ranks #1 on Google produces.

The main house tenant did not like the STR part(after they already agreed to it), after the renewal we made both STRs and it's one of our best income producers(on a % basis).There's quite a few areas for this-- Virginia Beach, Garner, Zebulon, Pooler, Georgetown.

so they make their money regardless of what we produce.  

This months zip codes all produced an ROI of 7%!