The support always says it's a calendar sync issue with VRBO and never takes any responsibility to solve the issue. 

He asked me today if his sister can stay with him for the next 4 or 5 months.

Now there may become issues now with paying expenses for the investment because now that you own 10% of the property in your personal name, you would be responsible personally for 10% of the expenses of that investment.From my understanding, the need for depreciation is not needed because the IRA is in a tax-sheltered vehicle already, meaning you wouldn't be taxed on the property for selling.

He is a former IRS auditor, before going out on his own.

The PM will carry some of the responsibility to make sure it gets over the finish line. 

What are some tips on what type of property to acquire and renovate that is likely to sell faster?

I am just a hometown kid looking to start his investing journey.

Of course, we have a NNN lease that places most of the repair/maintenance responsibilities on the tenant. 

I will appreciate your responses, currently I am developing guides from BP resources to prepare myself to interview and build a team.

We made him an offer where the comps are sitting and kept his 2% offer but that worked out to about $20k less than his asking and he turned it down and we basically said "okay well you have our numbers if you change your mind" and it's still sitting on the market at 70 days now when most duplexes in this area are gone before they even go live.