Do you suspect they are lying about the supposed appraisal in order to pursue a "strategic foreclosure" which benefits them more than a short sale?

1) Tax Harvesting with the Sale:Tax harvesting involves strategically realizing capital gains and losses to offset each other, reducing your overall tax liability.

It requires being extremely hands on, otherwise you will go in the negative real quick.My advice would be to park 50% of the capital into something safe like a mutual fund and that invest the other 50% strategically into several passive opportunities.

Through a LOT of strategic communications and negotiations, I eventually got them to accept a price of $790,000. 

I prefer using awning.com which does NOT include cleaning fees.Either way, if I was buying a property, I would want a robust under-writing process of:1) on-line tools (airdna, awning, etc.)2) Local realtor/PM data3) enemy methodIn this market, I might then layer on a trend, seeing as macro data would indicate that STR's hit a a peak Rev PAN in 2022. 

Someone who enjoys strategic and careful planing, and knowing how to utilize the numbers.

I much prefer having everything just transfer over.As far as your questions... they are more strategic and visionary type questions, but here are the answers: Yes, I'm wanting the properties out of my name to protect against possible lawsuits.

I've gone to my local REIAs and have business cards, but I don't feel like I have a robust buyers lists.

Does not mean the others are not fine people to work with.. just in my mind these guys are got 75 million in venture capital and put it into building robust systems for their clients ...

always invest for short term or long term return and have a strategic non speculative plan of action.