Also, making it a singular payment makes it easier to stop a partial payment situation. 

When you are in a partnership a LLP gives each partner singular protection against the actions of the other members in the partnership that act in a negligent manner .

If so, it is leaving out all debts outside of the singular real estate transaction. 

They also were the singular bidders on the high end homes due to the start price.

I am getting the impression that the big shops are very singularly focused on residential listings and NOTHING else.

Your root problem is you had A strategy set, as in singular, one, and when things went sideways your trying to formulate a plan B.

To crack that nut requires a singular focus on contacting all the brokers in your area and proving to them that you can close on deals if ever they find a good one for you.Due to my track record, brokers bring me off-market deals.

I think most the people on this site are singularly focused on cash flow and could give a rip about equity or appreciation.. its just how do I get to 10k a month cash flow so I can retire.. and say I quit my job... well lets just say exchange one job for another. 

Problem with this question is that we're looking at the entire US market as a singular market.

I'm not aware of any singularly focused STR groups in the NOVA Area.