It can be a slippery slope but try to find the cause first.

Hi All,I am a dormant RE investor with a few rental houses in Houston area and trying to get more active and scale up.

I tried mid term rentals when I shut down my STR, and I found that the rates were very close to long term rates.

I have tried with no luck since February to sell or rent the property. 

Will they add those facilities to take over agency, they can and certainly will try, no doubts about that.

So my conundrum is do i just keep renting to a new tenant and deal with the maintenance expenses as they pop up, or do i try to get out now before a major expense pops up and just take the little bit of profit (less the capital gains tax)?

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.Some familiar names are mentioned frequently: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend conducting thorough research on each app online to understand their offerings, pricing, etc.

Is it because the cost of their service is fixed and therefore they try to do as little as possible, or is it something else?

The 10% to 18% cost of the DST would be repeated every time the DST terminates and a new 1031 exchange must be made into a new DST, maybe every 5 to 8 years, whereas the capital gains tax could be a one time cost.

@Romane Daley,Yes, you can use leverage with an IRA; however, the loan must be non-recourse.