For DSCR, it's usually slightly higher than the conventional route due to it only looks how well the subject property rental performs + credit vs conventional where it requires credit, income, assets to be reviewed.

Location analysis is crucial, considering demographics, retail market performance, and traffic counts.

While you shouldn’t categorize all tenants and it’s the landlords responsibility to properly screen, the tenants who reside in better situated housing and pay higher rents are more financially responsible meaning lower rate of rent loss and will generally take better care of the property which combined will result in less time allocated towards management functions if self-performed or more favorable management fee structures if 3rd party management companies are utilized (which ties back to #1, as well).

First, I’ll send my hopes and prayers to the seller that you can perform.

Self-managing is not that hard and the properties that I manage perform much better (less turnover, better managed, don't have to pay a PM).

From a performance standpoint, I see a big change.

To maximize the tax benefits of STRs, it’s essential to track your time and other people's time spent on the property, avoid staying in the property more than 15 days, and perform a cost segregation study to accelerate depreciation.

.- If the OP is generally telling the truth, we will expose the syndicator's performance and behavior in threatening and suing their own investor as far and wide as we possibly can.

The problem is NOT the use of remote entity as any fraudulent  activity will fall back on the individual performing fraudulent acts.  

Purchase Another Investment Property and Utilize a Cost Segregation Study:When you reinvest in a new investment property, you can perform a cost segregation study to accelerate depreciation.