At the same time if you as the customer are rigid in your payment abilities, it may decrease the amount of contractors that you'll be able to have do your work.

However, can I say that I gave a rebate to myself on that transaction for the full RE Agent Commission amount and decrease the cost basis of my house accordingly?

Top 3 reasons owners hire PMCs:1) No time to manage correctly2) No time to learn how to manage correcly: laws, documents, processes, etc.3) They're too nice and need someone to "save them from themselves"A good PMC can usually earn their fees by better managing the property/tenant than the owner, thereby:1) Increasing owners net profit2) Decreasing owner's time commitment, stress, headaches, etc.No matter what though, you should always plan to commit a couple of hours a month to manage your PMC.

Real Estate is THE BEST way to decrease/eliminate your tax burden.

This reflects continued demand despite economic headwinds*Pending sales increased 3.1% in the metro and decreased 2.2% in Austin proper.

When prices drop, rental demand decreases, putting downward pressure on rents.The TakeawayThe critical factor for success with this strategy is location—specifically, investing in areas with significant and sustained population growth.

That's pretty important if rates were to decrease in the next couple of years.2.

You can find higher ROI (on paper) here and probably in other cities…but the probability of actually collecting rent significantly decreases.

Cleveland, Baltimore, Toledo, Indy etc....You will see net population decreases in most of these areas but these are the areas where the prices are the lowest in the USA and come with rents that are very high when compared to the sales price.

The average days on market (DOM) in the NY Metro area has decreased over the last year.