We had a portfolio of single families and could never get over a unit being empty; i.e. an asset not producing.

The property is being marketed using the strategy of asking a low initial bid price expecting this will draw many bidders and result in a bidding war with the final price being far in excess of the initial “bid” floor price10.

The thing on these one off upgrades, is that it won't produce an NOI bump unless the rest of the facility matches market.

Is there a different option that is cost effective and still achieve the same result as listing, tenant screening etc., A friend has suggested apartments.com.

Your best options IMHo would be check Zillow or local PM’s (probably the same results as Zillow) for available rentals in that area. 

This can result in column failure and subsequent structuralmovement of the home.

Fortunately in my area single families that would produce cash flow with our rental rates are only $120k+/-i will have to take a look at Kris Krohn!!

In other words, her savings were the result of a one time stimulus, government handouts and payment deferral event.

It would be a violation of the agreement and could result in losing my privileges to pull credit, screen for criminal and eviction, etc.

They would invest it in a portfolio of deals that I likely don’t have access to and that produce a higher return than my single duplex.