I'm having fun, but there are a lot of other reasons, I'm doing this investment that you probably don't have, can't get, or can't take the potential loss. 

When an offer came in for 30 cents on the dollar, I decided bail out, so took a 70% loss. 

But since it was small money usually 20 to 40k to reinstate and 10k to 50k to the seller it was a risk worth taking and if one blew up on us well cost of doing bizz although I suspect many investors doing this these days a 50k loss could be devastating to them.

Which means, if you’ve structured your taxes as losses for the last two years odds of qualifying are slim.

So I am at a loss and would really appreciate any advice. 

The title Co is at a loss, has anyone ever done this and how did they purchase the property?

Although we do have deals on the lending side that dont work but we are not forced into a position to take big loss's like we were when the banks were calling our loans.. this will happen in the DSCR world as all these folks are using same type of debt IE debt that can be called based on the terms of the debt or like you have seen with the syndicators that are talked about on BP max leverage bad debt things dont go right And you have cap calls or projects totally lost. 

Listing after 2-3 months would also mean loss of rent, whereas listing now may mean property may be on the market for a bit longer.What have others experienced?

A strong buyers market indicates sellers price cutting and listings being bought under value which would lead to equity losses. 

The main drivers1) Local Inventory2) 10 year treasury(macro)3) Personal Debt levels(macro)4) Real Unemployment(not the unemployment number but real white collar job loss ratio'd to part time jobs). 5) Industry proliferation(can't tell me a tech or finance hub moves like a health hub).To tell me #2 will derive from the same inputs as it did in Sep/Oct, I'm willing to bet it won't.