For actual bottomline impact it will cost you at most $4 per guest if they used it all.

It needs to make sense from a risk exposure and cost of maintenance perspective.

@Deborah Lee these range from free to various costs, depending on the features you want:Doorloop, Hemlane, Innago, RentRedi, Stessa, Avail, Apartments.com, TenantCloud, TurboTenant, Buildium

If you are going to sub out some of the work to someone with a license, you may ask them what it would cost for the work and how much they would charge to be a "consultant" to let you do the same.

Overall Cost-Effectiveness: Is there any real financial benefit to taking this route, or is it essentially the same as just selling?

The liquidation is a bit of a process and will cost you money as a service, too. 

We started our marketing campaign in the last week of August and we have 2 properties under contract and we are making another offer today (potentially a couple more next week).

I've just had a conversation yesterday with a client of mine to add cost segregation to her sax strategy.

Are there any potential risks after I take ownership, like monetary penalties from the city?

But I have been looking into splitting the duplex into two condos (yes I know it is a lot of work) and I could probably get 325-350k for each, netting me 650-700k.Number:* Mortgage interest 2.5%* Mortgage principle 240k* PITI $2100/month* Rent 2200/month (current tenant on a two year lease)* Potential rent on my side $2400/month * 100k HELOC at 11% (fixed) (not currently being used)* est additional cost to split the dueplex 75-100k (conservative, probably less)     *new siding 30k (just put on a new roof this year)     *legal 10-15k     *fire proofing 15k     * 15-40k for stuff I am not aware of or underestimated on* some of the appreciation is external from the home     *big grocery store put in 3min away     * newly paved road in front of my house     *a building that was falling down across the street has been torn down          * Still a vacant lot with the foundation exposed and fencing around it (so more local improvements are on the way)Part of me wants to take the money and run but man I love that 2.5% interest rate and the $2000/month cash flow (including taxes and capx)I have thought about 1031 exchanging into more rentals, but I would like to pivot into storage units.