This also leads owners to ASSUME simpler is better when it comes to management contracts.

But maybe your tenant reaching out and mentioning that they're going to be forced to file a police report for fraud could generate some traction...obviously the real objective here is to just get the seller to call you back...

The entire agent model would perish because most of the time off-market listings are new leads that need to be prepared before hitting the market.

Now this is an annual thing (for all new properties).For rough math, you can generate a tax write off about 15-20% of the real estate value: one a million you can expect a $150k to 200k write-offs.

Seems like you should not have to but showing they broke house rules leading to damage may help. 

The question: A commerical property in a highly desireable location which could fetch $6+ million and generates about $400k after expenses became available and I'd like to add to our portfolio instead of doing a 1031.

This leads to state funded insurance which will be very costly because only those at highest risk will participate in it and if the losses continue, they eventually will need to get the money from someone (rest of people in california?) 

I'm not sure if any also lend in Canada, but you might want to expand your search to include "non-recourse" just in case it leads to some more options for you.

If I choose the rental, then all income generated will be taxable income moving forward, because none will be off-set by the interest I could deduct.  

And definitely follow @Nathan Gesner's lead on that advice!