Ideally, if you *have* basis in your S-Corporation, you can dissolve it in the same year you distribute, thus you’ll have a cap loss to help alleviate the cap gain.Gain likely won’t be mainly ordinary if the bulk of depreciation is on the 27.5 year or 39 year lives.

Largely we aim for mobile home deals, we've ran into complications and obstacles when dealing with some of the agents so prefer to deal directly with the buyer & seller, but creating a relationship prior as you're recommending could alleviate that for sure. 

Again, we have found the 30 day guarantee can help alleviate this fear since it gives the team time to understand those variables and communicate them to the client.

I am happy to share a form I use that helps alleviate the hassle along with a pdf outline

I don't think investors understand that in many foreclosure situations they are going to lose interest for sure and principal ( very common). the thought that 20 or 25% equity is enough coverage to alleviate a loss does not play out very often in a foreclosure situation.

That'll alleviate a lot of pressure.

Are there any clever financial instruments or maneuvers that could help alleviate this $12k/month interest payment sum? 

Based on the discussions, I am going to keep these properties for some more time and RTR are providing me with some financial assistance that will help alleviate some of the losses.

One of the most important aspects of managing your property is ensuring you place solid tenants in your properties, which will alleviate problems down the line.

Also, they alleviate the problem of creating another entity, which has some paperwork implications.