Our strategic pricing and marketing approach ensured the property sold quickly at a premium price of $220,000.

Context matters: for some apartment buildings that compete head to head with a very similar property just down the street, this may be a good strategy.We rent premium single family homes and I have never offered an incentive.

There aren't many things that "appear" to be leaks, they usually are leaks and if it's been leaking since May you are going to have way more issues to worry about than a premium plumber charge.

Sometimes paying a premium on a home also guarantees a higher demand in the neighborhood and with that may come a higher demand for a rental as well.  

Any owner who understands STR arbitrage will want a premium.

On another note why are all the comments on post out of order and how do it fix it?

We diversify, but because we are active investors, limit our diversification to assets we believe we have a competitive advantage and are able to obtain our targeted “premium” return.  

There will always be someone looking to pay the lowest price and others who will pay a premium.

This is a revision of my popular post from 3 years ago.

Some of the additional benefits include:Reduction in current tax liabilityInsurance savingsImmediate increase in cash flowMinimization of recapture upon sale of the assetIdentifying disposition expensesIdentifying repair and maintenance expensesEnergy cost savingsConstruction tax planningPreservation tax credits (historical and new market)Fixed asset reviewDEIRA Reports (reduces insurance premiums, benchmarking reports, energy audits and reserve studies)What other questions do you have about cost segregation?