If instead the house could be rented now with minimal work, you might consider offering it as a lease-purchase.

Nice of you to offer them some help!

STRs were hot pre-covid and during the lockdowns - now bookings and revenue are down. 

ACTUALLY (insert mansplaining guy here) Plenty of title companies provide pre-foreclosure data but you are gonna have to call a ton of companies and learn how to ask.

Softwares can have differing "freshness" of data based on locations they support.For example, one software may update their pre-foreclosure list for Akron, Ohio 1x a week and another 1x a month.

Sub-to offers the seller the ability to walk away AND get their asking price. 

She has now sent me a letter threatening me with a lawsuit or I accept her "reasonable" offer of a 30% reduction in rent.

Also, with the amount of people hunting pre-foreclosures (wholesalers, agents, individuals, funds, etc.) and scooping them up to flip them, I don't see how the supply could outweigh the demand in the near future.

I conduct virtual tours and rely on their expertise when making offer and rehabbing. 

The products offered will always vary and part of being a broker is knowing the borrower's scenarios and our lenders to know where the pieces fit best.