I personally dont do any of that.. every market / or most will have an active fix and flip sector or buy and hold sector the important thing to me is the operator full stop.. great operator will do well in any market and all the national data simply is noise at least at my level. ( loaning our own money and JV deals with our own money)  we dont broker or anything like that.

We often use zoom showings, but they build on that mutual in-person experience.We don't encourage bottom-of-the-barrel neighborhoods, simply because with 60-120 year old properties capex tends to exceeed cash flow over time aka money pit.

Leave as is and simply provide info for the nearest Laundromats. 

Even if you are not cash flowing on day one, that's okay (in my opinion), you're not paying the full mortgage on your own, which in of itself is a huge win and you learn other tangible real estate investing skills along the way by simply owning. 

The increase of the money supply in 2020 is quite simply the cause of the inflation we saw in 2021-2023.

Maybe you could extend the closings with some additional earnest money (even if you release it) and buy the time so you can simply do a regular 1031 exchange.  

I simply went to Wells Fargo (Wachovia at the time) and asked for a trust account so I could hold deposits.

A savy agent sensing a situation like that might simply ask for proof of funds before showing the house which a nosey neighbor is unlikely to have.

The title holding trust (land trust) is as its name implies simply for holding title, an estate planning trust (what I think you refer to as a personal residence trust) would be the beneficiary of the land trust.

You cannot have a contract that simply states "install high-quality countertops" without specifying the quantity, location, type, or style.