There are several large tech companies already established and more coming in and new office buildings going up all the time in the silicon slopes area.

You have to work out the math backwards by first establishing the max you can safely rent the property for after the rehab. 

I still believe in meeting in person and establishing a relationship with opposite party you're doing business with.

Again, follow the terms of your lease, and your established policies, and DO NOT stray from them. 

have you worked with an agent to establish this arv?

They could not establish enough lines of credit for me, the receipts I provided were not good enough to prove that I pay for some of my reoccurring bills

Do not compromise when it comes to establishing high enough credit score requirements.

@Daniel Walkowiak, if the (not-yet-established) "owner" won't settle for less than owed, how is it that you're even talking about a "short sale"? 

One company owns everything and does nothing (this is your SLLC a/k/a “asset holding company”) and a completely separate company handles all of your operations (this is a traditional LLC a/k/a “operating company”) For the operating company which serves as your face to the world and through which you do all your business, you establish a Traditional LLC to carry out the operations of your investments.

Particularly in Palm Springs, you can see the checkerboard pattern of the way the reservations were established.