How bad is this going to continue to hold back the CRE market?

.- Owner must sign a Hold Harmless to indemnify us against any potential tenant lawsuits relating to the work their contractor is doing.--- Another lawsuit resulted from owner's contractor taking down basement handrail to get supplies down the steps, then they didn't put it back and tenant fell down the stairs.- We also negotiate a reasonable completion date, depending on the Scope Of Work (SOW). --- Who gets all the phone calls and wastes time calming a tenant down because the owner's contractor doesn't show up as scheduled after they took time off from work or a 3 day job takes 3 weeks?

If not, then a reverse exchange for us to simply hold the property for up to 180 days is possible.  

This also only works for cash buyers willing to buy and hold. 

Some other factors to consider - How long are you planning to hold this property?

Nuff said.Being a Credit Literacy advocate among other things, I don't hold with much of what Dave Ramsey preaches.

I currently live in WA state and invest out of state for buy and holds.

Are they a regular, full-service PM? 

Yes I spend time in Florida on a regular basis. 

As a investment property lender we saw a lot of success with flips but an even bigger jump in BRRRR success with borrowers holding as long term and short term rentals.