In your experience, when you submit an offer with no contingencies and based on the current NOI, it gives you a stronger position in securing the property? 

There is a bit of fluctuation and back-and-forth in the ensuing weeks of January, but for the most part 2018 was a stronger year than 2017.This wasn’t particularly the case for occupancy rates. 2018 underperformed in the occupancy rate category for practically the entire holiday season and well into the month of January.Missed Opportunities: Difference Between Listed Prices and Booked PricesA final interesting metric to consider is the difference between the listed price and the booked price — in effect, the metric measuring host ambition.

That extra room in my budget could give me a lot more choice as the buying & selling season heats up, and I'd be in a much stronger position as a cash buyer.

If I were in your shoes, I would move the equity into good, solid rental properties in an area that has stronger economics.

You can buy it below market, put money into the renovations, and then have a home with instant equity and stronger cash flow.

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If it is a block building, then the header system (that steel plate) is failing and the weight of the building is coming down on the door, a larger issue that might be best replaced with a stronger one.

This is because they are usually in stronger rent growth areas as well.

I'm not too familiar with the DFW market but finding something to fix up should give you a stronger bargaining position to ask for a LOWER price.

Sorry if i am posting in a dated thread but i agree with @Joel Owens tough to combine comparisonIn my opinion this is just a stronger punch to retail than what was already coming.