Michael, check out furnishedfinder.com/statsType in your zip code and you’ll get a good bit of data on what people are looking for.Then, I would go on furnishedfinder.com and look around as if you were wanting to rent a MTR yourself.

This also leads owners to ASSUME simpler is better when it comes to management contracts.

Typically the people who arbitrage properties are operating complex's with 10+ units at a time. 

Type doesn't matter.What gets people confused sometimes are the terms "like kind" and "qualified use". 

I only ask, because most people are not sitting on $400k cash (obviously this is just my example) to effectively buy a new house without a mortgage.  

Get the people who are potentially making the decision to give you more details and specifically what it would take to get it done.

"Best" means different things to different people and Philly is filled with MANY neighborhoods to choose from.

Do you use/like ListSource or PropStream for lead generation?

I was contacted by two different people, one through email and another who called me.

People pick rentals based on location and price.