Steady stream and lower barrier to entry.  

But a couple of cameras streamed to the building website with the threat of $$$ fines made everyone behave just a little bit better.

We do live streaming as well

With the right tools and a bit of hands-on management, you could effectively manage the property yourself and cater to this steady stream of potential tenants.

If someone is trying to quit a 40k job a year and is accumulating local units to do themselves that is a different situation.To scale and have multiple revenue streams the investment has to have structure and little involvement from you the owner to perform.

That's a good chunk of change to realize as a secondary revenue stream to offset wear and tear and any actual damage. 

I've lost $500,000, opportunity cost, time, blood n sweat  . what rei or events allow you to pass down the education to your family as an option?

There's a few other things to think about too: 1 - Possible owner financing if he wants to still get a stream of income into retirement at an attractive rate compared to the rest of the market (win/win scenario, you don't need to come up with as much cash, and he makes a little $ on the %) 2 - Consider a post possession if he needs some time to move out but needs the cash up front for whatever reason 3 - Leave all the furniture/junk in the property and you'll handle clean up etc. 

Maybe about 13-15 acres with some harsh terrain, streams, dense woods I don't want to cut down ever.

Once you choose your depreciation schedule, you cannot modify it mid stream, you are on that path until you either sell the property or deplete the depreciation life of that component.