What are you looking to gain from the connections you want to build and what do you have to offer them in the beginning?

It is common to offer above asking price to sweeten the pot as many owners would simply rather collect the cash upfront.What makes it a desirable offer structure?

Hello Murray, Assuming the new owners are interested in selling, you'd want to offer enough to help them cover their transfer taxes, legal/title fees, other closing costs, and possibly their moving costs. 

It's more capital efficient for us and it allows the investor to force (and keep) some equity.We're also starting to offer a true turnkey product where that's all done on our end.

My current tax preparer does not seem to offer much of a strategy with regards to real estate and long term planning. 

I would rather work with someone who is willing to offer FMV or at least close to it with the understanding to the Seller that the discount is in the convenience. 

if hvac is really, really old, you could try shopping a "home warranty" that doesn't have hvac caps and exclusions and just get it for "systems." i know AHS used to offer those a while back, but even they started capping to to 3k or something silly.

For the income to switch to Sch C reporting, you also need to offer services similar to that which a hotel might offer such as daily housekeeping, food/drink, and potentially various other amenities depending on how you'd like to qualify.What you describe is simply changing property managers, it doesn't really matter whose name is on the AirBNB listing.

Banks are required to offer you all options that are possible and in your case, it's a short sale.

We have a car there and wanted to offer it up as a "crew car" for our tenants.