Additionally, I understand the risks associated with obtaining hard cash and working with hard money lenders, including higher interest rates due to the short term nature of the loan as well as the risk involved.

@Arron Paulino Your posts illustrate the challenges of exiting SFH's in markets where the natural buyer is another investor and not home owner.

Quote from @Michell Chase Chase: I registered my LLC in Wyoming and was not told anything to that nature..but my investment property is in NY so I also have to register my WY LLC as a foreign entity LLC in NY as I will be generating income in that state...

@Akshay Bhaskaran, off market deals, by nature are not marketed, so as others noted you have to work to find them.  

The seller seeing the interest in their land, naturally did not want to budge on the price.

I'm just not seeing any strategy that can offset to any significant degree, the depreciating nature of either asset.  

.- So, you may want to consider locking in an interest rate via a 2nd mortgage.Do you have reserves for unexpected expenses?

My property is located in a C+/B- neighborhood has the following landmarks nearby: -1.5 miles from a major university with a popular D1 NCAA college basketball team-1.5 miles from a children's museum-1.5 miles from an art and nature museum-1.5 miles from a beautiful nature parkIt's the dead of winter, and I'm wondering who I can market and how I can best market my property to on Airbnb. 

With your background in lease management and site selection, that could be a natural next step.Regarding STRs, I can understand the hesitation—accurate expense tracking is critical, and not having that data can make evaluating deals frustrating.

Heating costs go up in winter, as does electricity due to the reduced natural light and more people indoors.