The seller gets to unload the responsibilities of owning the property itself and starts to get a return again.

That way, even if you default, they've got a property that they can unload quickly for at least a little profit.

And another person with two acres of vacant land in San Francisco directly adjacent to a city park that can't even unload it for $350k."

I have no doubt delivered log prices are up as lumber as we know has sky rocketed but I have not seen that be a direct correlation to the delivered log price its the mill and the lumber brokers that are killing it.. 

I think it depends on the individual person's situation, but in hers, the listing is and remains expired because the realtor didn't perform (twice) and she is looking into other options to unload that place.

I am in the camp of the current housing situation is locale with some national issues effecting a small percent in housing.Here in KC metro S.F.H is still red hot in the A and B areas bidding war still the norm my nephew just bought a house over bid it then throw out inspections, the other contender was all cash but wanted inspections to be a factor.So, he put down a container money and did inspections if he found a bomb was going to eat the money and walk that is where we are at right now still to get a decent house .I am of the thought S.F.H are the money easier to unload easy to rent STILL.

Most of the leads I get come from motivated sellers looking to unload a house that needs a lot of work.

A friend of hers was preparing for a nasty divorce and needed to unload a rental property that was in his name quickly.

You might not be the buyer but you're in the business of buying.A buyer for a company goes out to but lumber to add an addition or whatever to the warehouse.

As a few posters above have mentioned, you can get away with preparing your own taxes with a couple of rental properties; once you start scaling and growing your portfolio, it's time to outsource to a qualified professional.Not only does this (hopefully) give you some level of comfort and security, but it will free up your time and allow you to unload certain responsibilities and focus on building your business.Good luck with your search!