This shift in terminology raises an important question: Is it truly an improvement, or are we witnessing necessary corrections to previously inflated prices?

But yes most other areas of construction have seen improvements, but you can't beat old wood. 

We financed this deal using our typical approach—leveraging Partner Driven's resources and capital, allowing our partner, Rodney Lomax, to focus on property improvements without the stress of upfront financing.

He quoted a 20% fee for managing each successful booking and suggested we improve the staging of the house, which he would oversee for an additional 10% of the total staging costs.

Reduce Taxes through depreciation (If you don't meet the IRS definition of a real estate professional, it won't improve any W-2 income taxes)2.

I can’t find anyone who will do a second on the rental anyway, I have found a HELOC — I was debating at least shifting the construction loan over to the rental, but at 5% that still seems like a wash.I’m open to doing another rental property, I just don’t know if I’m stuck because of how low the rental mortgage rate is, and with how much it cash flows — I may not be able to improve much on that situation.My wife and I both work full time, and I have a part time second job to make it all work.  

So, you are not improving the effectiveness of the system.

I know it has had a rough decade or so but I believe things have been improving over the last few years.

Later, I emailed them asking if they could improve how they match credit card payments and not only did they agree that it was a good suggestion...they implemented it THE SAME DAY that I emailed.

In fact, the market had improved by the spring of 2024.