These are not incompetent investment managers.

If you really want the property then I recommend doing everything possible to contact the owner or relatives. 

We manage a number of STRs from the lakes to the Maine border.

For me, selling merchandise like coffee mugs, etc. out of the space sounds like a decent bit of effort for what would probably be a negligible return.I manage STR's in Hawaii, so we have a few options many folks don't have, but we are just beginning to try to sell add ons.

We are the developers and take care of project management.

Hello BiggerPockets Team: I listened to your podcast for a couple of years now and I finally managed to purchase my 1st home in 2020 with encouragement from everyone you had on your show.

The list is huge, but includes things like monetary risk, legal differences, government corruption risk, management risk, supply chain issues, insurance practices, utilities, tax differences, banking differences, etc. 

For real estate, this might mean getting your license and learning how to sell (fyi - getting a license does involve costs); breaking deals down for others at no cost; assisting brokers or property managers: finding other ways to offer people valuable services.I really wish you the best.

Expireds – These are people that want to sell as is shown by the fact they had listed, but for some reason the property didn’t sell, that’s where we step in Tired Landlords – Landlords who are tired of managing rentals Referrals from Agents – Some agents find properties that aren't ready for prime time and the seller doesn't have the money to fix up the property for the MLS. 

So I'm trying to weigh selling my rental vs keeping and renting out through a management company.