That's why you see so much trapped equity in properties owners cannot access. 

Sadly this industry is ripe for a company to come out with a product that does what we need it to do, be versatile enough with it's software that it can expand and have the customer service that is accessible.

Find out the date of the "switch" and make a new listing and block calendar until that date. 

thats 4200 in lost rent at 100 a month it will take you 42 months to get that money back.. and if you keep waiting it just gets worse.. price your rental to be the BEST priced one on the block the first one to get occupied not the last. this is were competition for rentals can bring rents DOWN and does. do the math..

As much as I hate annuities, you might speak with an annuity agent about the employer awarding a bonus in the form of a single premium deferred annuity invested in index funds and that you do not have the right to access until a date certain and then a full payout over time.

We do not do Syndications; we have access to all the funding we will ever need, and I don't like sharing the profits. 

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.

I've been around the block too long to know differently.Mr.

Your informative account has helped fill-in a few progress blocks in my own process. 

Maybe something happens on the block which pushes rental rates down, but still provides a sale option.