Knowing if a deal falls through, you do get your EMD back, if that is stated in contract, YOU are still spending $700 on the other stuff. $700 times 7 times, $5000 wasted.

They can wait it out until interest rates fall again in their favor or keep doing cash flow and loan payoff until they sell at a slightly higher cap rate later on.

Now that fall is approaching, the peak rental season on the Gulf Coast has passed.

I am in the process of selling a house and should have ~$250K to utilize once it sells…One idea is to build an ADU at a family members house to get started with only some of the money and hope interest rates and prices continue to fall.

Using a PM falls under all three in many cases, but at the very least it falls under #3.

Send a few letters and then HOPE everything falls into place.

While certain properties, like manufactured housing and senior housing, are exempt, most new loans will fall under these requirements.Developed in collaboration with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), these policies are designed to enhance transparency and communication between landlords and tenants.

The market vacancy rate will finish 2025 at 4.6% and will fall 0.3 percentage points to 4.3% by year end 2026.

And as you point out, a LOT falls “between the cracks” as a result.  

Let's pretend someone slips and falls, ends up in a wheelchair, and sues for $5 million.