That means they got through 2020/2021, quite possibly the biggest seller's market in a generation and couldn't get what they wanted??

Getting that license opens up a lot of possibilities for you to offer your customers a wider variety of products.

I am curious to learn more about the situation and see if there are any possible solutions.

You’re going to face the highest taxes possible. 1) build and turn it in to a rental for a couple years and then you can exchange it to a new rental. 2) why not build something that can be rented and go straight to renting it out long term to avoid the taxes and selling costs?

To aggravated the matters even more, in the rare case whereby a buyer finds a fsbo on Zillow, the lising points the potential buyer to a realtor – owner’s contact information is completely obscured while a realtor’s info is as highlighted as possible at the very top of the page, so concomitantly and in a subliminal way the page containing the fsbo listing implies to the potential buyer that he/she needs a realtor.

So I asked if we could start looking for a possible tenant to help mitigate those options in my favor. 

For fix & flips and wholesaling, you'll need to network with seasoned investors and possibly even partner with them to learn the ropes.

On the other hand, stainless steel appliances are more expensive, they won't be stained by things like pasta sauce, but they show scratches more easily.I'm trying to make my Section 8 rentals as bulletproof as possible so that I can keep my costs down. 

You do this because you want as many people as possible to go after if rent is unpaid.

These machines can come back but currently not possible under current operator.