Remodeled kitchen, bath, opened up load bearing wall, added new plumbing and electric, water softener, landscaping.

And there are ways to purchase real estate and insulate against softening of the market...many investors do this regardless of market conditions. 

In Cincinnati, where I live, the "softening" I am seeing is in the lower income areas.

We'll be including frig/ deep freezer in the basement/ dish wash/ stove/ microwave/ laundry wash/dryer/ water softener system.

While prices are currently very inflated, properties are starting to sit on the market and prices are "softening" already.

If the market softens, your business plan doesn't go as planned, you don't have adequate insurance if something happens to the property, and the list goes on and on, the capital is at stake. 

Also, no water softener needed.

Built a business in an environment of softening demand (possibly in a different industry).DM me.

If it softens, I'll hold as a STR.

A little bit worried about the softening market , and if evictionmoratorium may disrupt the market by increasing the supply side