"In the long run, rebuilding efforts boost both home values and rent costs, which can prompt “changes in sort of the social fabric of the community.”"

. 📖  Yeah, but if so, then it was a damn good prompt :-)

Thank you both for your prompt responses! 

What prompted the series of investments.

He promptly showed me how it’s not legal in the manner that I was being told it was.

Thanks @Rene Hosman for the prompt here, the best part of any conference is getting to know awesome new people, love being able to connect even before we get there!

This prompted a temporary pause to renovations.

Sometimes, the threat of legal action can prompt a more serious response, but it’s also possible they’ve hit significant roadblocks that they’re not effectively communicating.4.

When buyers see a lot of inventory and many months on market, it empowers them to negotiate more, this lowers prices, which in turn lowers comps, which prompts more sellers to sell out of concern, discourages buyer to make that "investment", causing more inventory and encourages the remaining buyers to offer "ahead of" where the market is going, which is anticipated even lower...I have always said, once the first row of houses is washed into the ocean, watch how quickly the for sale signs pop up in the second row.

I was constantly having to prompt the company to provide me with updates on their payments.