Put $20k into it, got another job offer 2 years later, had to sell the house.  

When "The Recession" lost his job about 2 years ago property prices have gone through the roof. 

I do plan to move to Cleveland, my job is remote.

How would I go about speaking with a large multi-national bank like Chase to convince them to cut their losses? 

One way to check if medical staff are supplied by a third party company would be to look at traveling nurses advertisements for that small town on a job board such as Indeed or Linkedin.

Great job.

The next question is whether you can reduce it below zero - i.e. generate a tax loss which can be used against your other income, such as from a W2 job.

Unfortunately, we've had some bumps in the road the past year with family health issues, flooding of a basement and loss of a job.  

Occupancy would be a huge red flag unless you can prove that there is a valid reason for the move such as a job change.

So I decided to give the rehab job to someone else.