Its an embarrassment to the industry and they should be run out or fined for attempting to knowingly sell unsafe properties to unsuspecting consumers.Property inspectors are not always the best group either, but in this instance they discovered some real problems it sounds like...that's what they are paid to do...It's always best to do things right...it's your reputation on the line. 

Hi All,I'm looking to see if anyone knows of a calculator/modeling tool which can help me compare the benefits of selling a property with these four options:Sell and pay capital gains/depreciation recapture upfrontPerform 1031 exchange into new property, defer taxesSell on Seller Carryback Installment Sale, defer taxesSell on Monetized Installment Sale, defer taxesSurprisingly I couldn't find anything online which was very helpful.

why not just use a reputable hard money lender that understands the business and is willing to take the risk along with you rather than looking for someone who doesn't know you.

I would recommend finding a reputable yet smaller property management company in your area to manage for you. 

Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated, including who not to use if there are people with bad reputations in the investor network.  

Pat has been managing other peoples properties for many years and as far as I know carries a good reputation.

The biggest portion of the field seems to be marketing and developing reputable motivated buyers.

I always check the court filings for the local municipal and common pleas courts online.

When we bring this system online, it will be another game changer.TrainingLastly, we train constantly as a company. 

There's also a video walkthrough of the apartment, a link to all other apartments that I have available, my weekly schedule for when they can come see the apartment (I do 1 or 2 open houses per week), and a link to my online rental application.Place apartment on the market Prospects either call me (Leave a message on my Google Voice phone number) or I get an email from Zillow, Trulia etc with their contact infoI send the prospect a text message (using text expander) leading them to the webpageThe prospect chooses which open house works for them and will attend (I don't make 1-on-1 appointments).