Anyone else use Tulsa County eviction case data to find "tired landlords" looking to sell their rental properties?

You may or may not want to take the tests to become an agent, that is immaterial.

If you actively participate and qualify under the STR material participation rules, you may be able to offset W-2 income with those losses, especially if your AGI stays near $100K and you meet the IRS tests.

If that one unit has average stays of 7 days or less and you materially participate in managing it, that activity can be non-passive even though the rest of the fourplex is long-term rental and remains passive.Material participation is still required, so you’d be looking at the standard §469 tests, most commonly the 100-hour test where no one else spends more time than you.One thing to be careful about is allocation.

Quote from @Kevin Poler: Appreciate it, Tim.Deals like this really highlight how sensitive outcomes are to financing assumptions — especially rates and reserves — even when execution and rent growth are strong.Curious from a lender’s perspective: are you seeing borrowers stress-test DSCR at +50–100 bps right now, or still underwriting closer to in-place terms? 

That gives me time to see what guests respond to, dial in the systems, and make sure the next phase is built off real data instead of guesses.

These deals do exist in our market — we see them close — but the difference between seeing them and securing them is often that extra $10K–$15K advantage a local investor has: Cheaper moneyFaster decisionsLower rehab riskStronger local relationships  On the plus side: We’re extremely disciplinedWe use automations, daily deal flow, and data-driven underwritingWe work this business every single day  But objectively, we’re less competitive than someone living in Jacksonville who breathes the market daily. 

There is actually tests you can take to become accredited investors.

The "Hopeful Investor" usually hits a wall the moment the first maintenance emergency happens at 2 AM.I really resonate with your point about STRs being hospitality assets rather than just passive real estate.Operating on the ground in Cape Town, I’ve seen many international owners struggle because they treat it like a traditional rental and underestimate the operational systems required to maintain that 90%+ occupancy Eric DeNardo mentioned above.While tools like PriceLabs are essential baselines, I’ve found the real 'Strategy' comes from integrating that data into a live stakeholder dashboard (like Monday.com) so the owner isn't left in a 'black box'.The 'Real Money' is made in the operational execution and navigating the local compliance/demand drivers before you buy.Curious, how are you currently bridging the 'Transparency Gap' so your remote owners feel as connected to the asset as if they were local?

There are also purchase and refinance programs for investment loan programs that can help you scale faster and exit your day jobs more quickly as they will allow purchase loans to be structured with AirDNA and refinances to be structured with STR data.