@Matthew DrouinAll excellent points- the tax advantages to the seller are one that I highlighted.

.- The recent hurricanes, storms, bad events has really REALLY highlighted the liability risks all facilities taking in folks for $$$ have when rare (rare??) 

I'm afraid that what Joe is saying here is getting lost in the polemics, so I'd like to take a minute to try to highlight it.

Single-family home sales rebounded from July’s declines with an 8.5 percent increase, as 9,890 units sold versus 9,118 in August 2020. The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes fell from 51 to 26;Total p...

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in August:-Single-family home sales rebounded from July’s declines with an 8.5 percent increase, as 9,890 units sold versus 9,118 in August 2020.

@Mohammad Khan - In addition to other members highlighted, i would spend couple of $100 and show it to a foundation specialist, also get a quote to repair it.

When looking at the properties in the area that were available on Zillow, Realtor & Redfin...I saw two things. 1. is that the realtors who were listing the properties put very little work into information about the property and highlighting the attributes of the location but 2. were taking REALLY bad photos of not only the property but also the surroundings.I just did the opposite.

That's an anecdote, but it highlights that there's nothing special or magical there, lots of regional banks made similar decisions in 2020, and the big banks too: for a while, Wells Fargo would only do your "jumbo" refinance if you had $1,000,000 in a WF account. 2020 was an interesting "stress test" for a lot of things, it turns out.

Love Craig's book and it highlights financial creativity. 

This month’s spotlight highlights leasing consultants.The demand for these positions was twice the national average in Houston, Austin, Virginia Beach, Va.; Dallas and Nashville, Tenn.