We've never advertised.

The date you are able to take depreciation is when the property is ready for renting (i.e. advertising for rent or obtaining a certificate of occupancy).

6) Where is your property being advertised for rent?

My business has access to AppFolio, but it doesn't seem to communicate with the STR side of things. 

If they need access to the property immediately, you can offer to leave to them until you are ready to close. 

Meaning, two different parties have ripped my listings and falsely advertised elsewhere.So a 1:25 scam-to-door-ratio per calendar year hahaIn addition to fraudulent advertising, I have lockboxes that enable remote showings.

How do you advertise your vacant units?

I’m a broker that has access to conventional, non-QM, and hard money loans.  

But, I also think the access to information today: all the books, these forums, conferences, gurus on social media...  

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.