What we've found is that, just like you and I, the first place everyone goes when their motivated to find solutions & answers is online, even when they about to lose the house and have direct mail laying on the dinner table.Online ads are ideal in many ways because you can target the exact type of client you want, in the exact area you want, when they are motivated, and usually for cheaper than other advertising forms versus time and return.  

I can't speak to maintenance management or anything else like that but now that I've had a PM with a cloud solution that has an owner portal, I don't think I'd want to go back.

Regardless, you'll be able to offer a true solution to the seller rather than 1 solution - selling a place to you for a low price.Does that make sense?

The system should provide a one-point solution to all phases of the transaction so that all parties know what to do and when to do it?

I can't believe that the solution metro came up with was to shut down ALL STRs as a result of a very small portion of Airbnbs being run as "party houses". 

I'm remote (8 hours away) and have a full-time job.So I came up with this genius idea as an interim solution.  

Investors who flip 5+ houses a month don't have the time for marketing so wholesalers can become a solution to this problem. 

You just need to factor in the different tax treatments, which is where people considering this option sometimes miss the boat.

Splitting is probably the best solution. 

If you don't agree with the guidance I cited, may be you can look at this federal register that says the additional cost that can be elected under de minimis is the work performed before placing the property in service.https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/09/19/2013-21756/guidance-regarding-deduction-and-capitalization-of-expenditures-related-to-tangible-property“The final regulations adopt the commenters' suggestions, in part, and clarify the treatment under the de minimis safe harbor of transaction costs and other additional costs of acquiring and producing property subject to the safe harbor…….The final regulations also clarify that additional costs consist of the transaction costs (that is, the facilitative costs under § 1.263(a)-2(f)) of acquiring or producing the property and the costs under § 1.263(a)-2(d) for work performed prior to the date that the unit of tangible property is placed in service.”It says additional cost includes work performed prior to the date that the unit of tangible property is placed in service.