However, time in the market makes all the difference in the world!

Trying to think of different offerings to get up occupancy. 

start building a basic underwriting spreadsheet so you can play with the various deal inputs, test out different scenarios, and see how they perform financially.Analyzing deals is the only way one really learns to think like an investor!

On a different level, STRs are seeing a flock towards uniqueness, and the commodity units are starting to struggle revenue wise.

Over the years I've worked with brokers that would figure out 6 different ways to do a deal and then we'd compare them all against what the specific goal for the deal is.Mike

Late to the game here, but thought I'd chime in to give a different perspective. 

Even though the world is different now, our brains aren't. 

We need one like this for each state because each state is so different. 

Identify actual buyer who is willing/able to pay at least negotiated price, plus finder/transfer fee ($5-10k, for example); create a contract with end-buyer that identifies finder/transfer fee, agreement to complete purchase, and assigns difference (if any) of contract price and end-buyer price to self4.

@Richard Goore If you decide to go the route of a DSCR loan make sure you shop around a bit with different lenders.