When you start going down the chain for quality of tenant the odds of going dark goes up.

You would have had to be there for at least that to save on the capital gains taxes (up to 250k). 

I have an STR in a ski area in Colorado and we are up 155% from last December.

did you end up doing one of these?

We love the atmosphere up there.

I've sat on city council meetings where a county will straight up say they can make changes to the laws, but they don't have the resources to actually enforce them.

I have reached out to a couple of local banks and credit unions and they seem to get continually tripped up on there being 2 properties on one piece of land.

ended ended up at retirement with 0 - $500,000 in net worth from real estate investing.  

I think the odds are pretty good that they bring all hands on deck and make the step up to the big time in 2021-22.

If there is no motivation to keep their credit in line or salvage their financial future, they might just be OK with waiting things out and roll the dice.This is a numbers game so you'll want to have several potential sellers in your follow-up at any given time.You should also connect with attorneys experienced in short sales and pre-foreclosures to leverage their experience and knowledge.