I think I may have found a property for the hack about 3 miles from me and the price on Zillow shows the it has been reduced from $199,000 to $90,000 so it appears that they are motivated.

If they say they have to see it then find a different realtor.In my opinion, if you can sell the house and make money, or just break even then worst case it will reduce your expenses each month. 

You are exactly right, they can't take condition into consideration, their info is outdated, they can't pull sold prices in non-disclosure states and they go off of asking prices, not just sold, so when someone reduces their asking price the neighbors house automatically sinks in value. 

The time from June to November, where we could rent our units, had reduced occupancy at a slight discount in price. 

My thought process behind this was to reduce his debt to income ratio so that when we go to buy another primary residence, he can apply for that loan by himself and have a lower debt to income ratio without multiple rental properties on his credit. 

I personally think that anyone who wants to live at the beach who had a crystal ball and knew buying at the beach would have produced the appreciation that our property produced would likely be quite happy for that level of "reduced" return to live the beach life they desire.Good luck

Full disclosure, I picked this one because at the time I was able to make a small crowdfunding investment in the company for reduced fees, so I'm only 99.99% a disinterested party.

Thank you Conner, I will duplicate my listing as you suggested across multiple platforms and find that app I heard about that manages the calendar and bookings across platforms.I guess it's good to hear I'm not alone in this with your lead times reduced as well.

if I take bonus depreciation on STR against my w2 income to reduce tax burden, can the property later be rented as long term in future years?

I can see how that would make them more likely to stay long-term, reducing vacancy/turn-over expenses.Growing up, my dad had an indoor cat.