Let me try to shed some light on this for you.First off, property value and market value are often used interchangeably, but they can mean different things depending on the context.

Thanks @Stephen DeFalcoWe take a slightly different approach… We also advise them that they are on the hook for the lease, but instead of putting the burden on them to sublet it, we tell them that we will turn on our marketing and fill it as quickly as possible, and that as soon as we can get someone moved in, they would be off the hook (as it was). 

I started off from House hacking by putting 3.5%-5% down payment and rent out the other vacant rooms/units just to lower my mortgage payment.

I have enough in savings to pay for it but I keep asking myself should i just sell it and get it off my plate and lose the low interest rate or bite the bullet and do a big rehab and continue renting it out.

Leasing a Maytag laundry center from Wash.com would cost me $100/mo, but reviewers say they can take weeks to come out for repairs.A local place called Mission Laundry Equipment can lease me a Speed Queen laundry center for $110/mo, or sell it to me for $4,299 (actually $5,450 with all taxes and fees for delivery, installation, and setting up the credit card system).

(In this equation, I am not considering taxes or insurance).

I’m willing to not make any money off the first deal if the investor is looking to work with me long term.

NO lender is going to send you copy of their bank account.. they might have to prove up to a seller or the sellers agent but never send it to you right out of the gate.. and all the other things you discovered its just an off shore scammer trying to scam those that dont know what they dont know.

I just get my lists fir free from the municipalities:- Most delinquent tax payers- Tax-exempt property owners- Tax-deeded previous owners still in the redemption period- Fire-damaged etc

Say you start a STR and use the loophole to write off 100k from W2 salary. 2 yrs later the rental goes underwater and you have to give it up at huge loss.