Retail can be high risk as vacancies can be prolonged.

Generally, if you have a casualty or theft loss, you decrease the basis in your property by any insurance or other reimbursement received and by any deductible loss not covered by insurance (i.e. a reportable loss).You will then increase your basis in the property by the amount you spend on repairs that "substantially prolong the life" of the property, increase its value, or adapt it to a different use.

Another question is how would the agent get her commission for a prolonged payout scenario like lease to own, or would she?

If the homes is not updated, prospective tenants will choose other homes to move into, which will prolong your vacancy and drive down your rent.

You want a clean and fast closure not a prolonged assisted care investment.

College has prolonged laziness and lack of interest in many of us.

As this was my first experience, there were two big mistakes I made that prolonged the process:1) In court, I agreed to give the tenant more time by creating a contract stating the terms of tenant re-payment.

The inspectors that I spoke with said that the older homes take longer because they have had so much more done to them, prolonging the inspection.

Does it flood during heavy prolong rain.

This can lead to a motion for sanctions on the attorney or the party in question, including damages.While it can in some cases prolong the process to them just getting around to suing the right entity, think of it like defending a castle that has an outhouse.