I think there's a path to refinance that would flip me into positive cash flow, but I'm coming up short on ideas. 

I wanted to help them out and minimize their loss and saw an opportunity to get a property slightly below market because of my commission savings, immediate mortgage and maintenance relief, in addition to keeping a lower short term interest rate How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

It has a text capability.With that said, I'm spending a lot of time in Twilio right now as I see huge upside coming in that platform.You could be up and running with Podio & Globiflow for text within a very short time.

They stopped paying the lender and wanted to work something out with the lender but the time is running out (ie the management company did not do any significant improvement during the forbearance period) One of the LP just emailed me and said we need to raise 65k to enlist help from this company.

Those things can and will hurt your monthly KPIs occasionally and sometimes for long periods. 

What are your short term goals? 

New agents may struggle with periods of no income while waiting for deals to close.Solution: Budget wisely, build a financial cushion, and prepare for slow months.

Find the market with the best market appreciation over the hold period and you will have found one of the better cash flow markets over that hold period.As for the forced appreciation….  

In Denver metro area, for instance, the city of Denver only allows short-term rentals in a primary residence.

Originally posted by @Joe Kim:There are many ways to approach this difficult task of convincing a owner or landlord to rent to you as an investor ONLY to sublease (aka Master lease) the home to furnished short-term rental.#1 NUMBERS GAME:  It's not easy.