The scenario I described above is meant to do some digging (not an exhaustive or major time consuming process) to locate all the owners of the apartments in our target market and then automate a contact campaign to see if we can stimulate an off market deal (emails, cards, letters, phone calls) and to create more of a working network within that target market.  

@Jay S. who knows, it's possible that HomePath loans have had poor performance (delinquencies) due to the looser guidelines, or FNMA is no longer in as big a hurry to liquidate their REO (could be political pressure to tighten inventory and help prices continue to rise, creating a wealth effect to help stimulate the economy).

Everything else stimulates the local econony.

There is a letter that was sent to the campaign which refers to an analysis:Letter: https://www.1031taxreform.com/fea-sends-letter-to-biden-campaign-regarding-the-importance-of-like-kind-exchanges-in-stimulating-the-economy/Analysis: https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/model-estimates/former-vice-president-bidens-tax-plan-march-2020/t20-0074-former-vice-presidentThe analysis makes mention of "certain tax preferences for the real estate industry," which one can assume is 1031 exchanges, but might also be depreciation, TPR, changes to passive income treatment, etc., but cites no sources.   

We also offer a limited listing for $500 for 6 months to our sophisticated sellers, but that's largely just a way to try to help stimulate more inventory to market and hopefully a way to get the jump on properties for our buyer clients. 

This is done to mitigate a down economy, to stimulate.

@Richard Rohrbough, maybe some more details would help stimulate some creative solutions.

And I am not saying you should lower it to $180, but if you are looking to get it sold and you lowered it to $189 that would probably stimulate a lot of interest.  

@Jerry Puckett promotes a kiss me approach which offers a great awareness for those prospects who are motivated by a stimulation that serves their desire.

The govt has been artificially stimulating the economy through QE for a long time.