While challenges remain, officials hope to leverage Olympic visibility to increase tourism and support broader economic growth.

Economic Uncertainty: The broader economic environment, with concerns about a potential recession, can affect tenant stability and property values.

It’s definitely wise to consider the broader economic context when deciding whether to refinance or sell.

While this is likely not true for Wellings, I see many, many formerly equity syndicators that seem to have deals going sideways from 2021/2022, now all of a sudden being "private credit" syndicators (I have noticed a lot of these pref equity funds/investments are calling themselves private credit, which clearly has a broader meaning).  

I think the broader opinion on BP is if the numbers make sense look at the opportunities. 

Focusing on the areas that add the most value while also considering the broader appeal.

You listed two but in broader terms financing (assumable, owner financed, sub to, fha, new 95% OO LTV that in most ways is superior to FHA, dscr, F/f conventional, NACA, VA, etc), value adds (development including ADU, upzoning, traditional rehab, sophisticated value adds that leverage localized rules, coop/tic, etc),  property types (residential, commercial residential, land, storage, MHP, industrial, office, camping, hotel/motel, etc), passive/active investment methods (GP, LP, REIT, nnn, self managed, pm, flipping, mineral right, lumber rights, etc), residential rent models (LTR, STR, MTR, rent by room, student housing, arbitrage, etc).  

Compared to the recent pricing peak in May 2022, single-family home prices in Austin are down approximately 15%.For some broader context, here’s a chart of the median sales price of a single-family home in Austin over the past 10 years:As you can see, pricing in Austin is still substantially above pre-pandemic levels.

This has had the dual negative effect of artificially inflating prices and putting buyers in precarious financial positions.In Worcester, we have seen properties with $6k a month in rent sell for as much as $720k which has directly contributed to a run-up in prices which has priced out most first-time buyers.While the intention behind the Fannie Mae 5% down program may have been to help first-time homebuyers, it’s essential to consider the broader impact on the housing market and buyer stability.

@Timothy Fortin As Michael's superb content here and elsewhere emphasize, cost segregation services are tightly intertwined with broader tax functions typically provided by accountants.