My wife has this theory that lower rent actually gets you better qualified tenants, on the premise that since they're more desirable but often just as frugal as anyone else they can stand out from the field and get the unit. 

@Mike Barry, what you could have done in parallel with your Short Sale Offers was concentrate on non-Short Sales for your desired "quick" outcomes while dutifully ignoring the Bank-Sellers once your Short Sale Offers were in.

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You likely need to go to areas that are less desirable because right now everything at the shore is being built up like crazy ...even areas that were not on the radar over the past 1-2 years.

I have to believe 2+2 is more desirable in general, and therefore would appreciate better.If nothing else, the client would have a more valuable place instead of a less valuable place, and they wouldn't pay the difference - the tenant would.

Property is located in a very desirable area that will bring in high rents.

As time went on, our desire to vacate the remaining tenant in order to rent as a LTR became a pipe dream. 

I don't have a desire or passion enough for real estate to do the work involved in getting a team together or purchasing an OOS rental with the leftover money.

If you find a rockstar investor agent or a rockstar lender they will know and associate with other rockstars.My point is instead of trying to figure out which to find first, try to find a rockstar at either one and you will likely find a rockstar lender and rockstar investor agent.If you desire a referral for a local rockstar lender PM me.