I have made a few offers but nothing yet has stuck.  

Often, it's the transitioning neighborhoods that offer more potential appreciation.

@Alex Rollins, if you had a written contract with the seller has the seller offered you money to terminate the contract?

You may add income streams to the home by offering internet and tenants insurance, for instance.

If you're concerned about closing costs, you can place your offers requesting the seller to cover your costs.   

This allowed us to not only tap into the tourism market but also gave us access to traveling medical professionals and students as well that would provide long term tenants if we were prevented from continuing with the STR model.Although we still have a long ways to go to meet our goals, we are excited for the foundations we had setup for this property to this point.

Companies offering cost segregation services are not all the same. 

I submitted my offer (722 with escalation to 731) against a 720k  offer. 

Shoot me an email.Kurt,I know this is an old post, but I'd like to get your expertise on being a HML if you're still offering it.  

While any real estate CPA can assist, a California-based CPA may offer expertise in state tax laws relevant to your situation.