Regardless of where you live and its price point, that's often putting the carriage before the horse. 

So, finding cash buyers is really putting the cart before the horse.

So sometimes that expression about the gift horse isn't true, lol.     

I would like to flip it into a long term rental, marketing it to horse people and hopefully higher quality tenants.  

If it hadn't have been, I'd probably be the rocker horse or something.

all of the obvious prime investment opportunities are going to be gone"This is complete horse crap.

BP is a great resource obviously, but also tap that knowledge that your family members have.How you structure is ultimately important, but its putting the cart before the horse.

Too many times I see people ignore the Fair Housing Act and only look to the ADA guidance.So where the ADA says the animal must be a dog (with a narrow exception for miniature horses) - under FHA the tenant would be allowed to have a reasonable accommodation for animals other than a dog (e.g., Cat).Here are a few good resources on service animals in housing:https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?...

A good horse with a good jockey is still what you're looking for.  

Also, if you look a gift horse in the mouth, don't tell the giver.