The main beam also has been cut to accommodate a drain pipe.

It doesn't happen like a tenant, all at once, but it's death by a thousand paper cuts.

While I’m making solid cash flow from my investments it would significantly cut into my cash flow if I had a $1500/month HELOC payment.

The waterfall on either side makes the space kids friendly (no abrupt sharp edges).

Maybe about 13-15 acres with some harsh terrain, streams, dense woods I don't want to cut down ever.

We had a huge downward revision to the BLS jobs growth figures, the Fed minutes explicitly said that a rate cut on Sept 18 was likely, and average mortgage rates moved below 6.5% (and are now 1% lower than they were a year ago).July housing starts disappoint.

If we can cut that timeline down by a couple of years that would be preferrable...

I suppose you might argue that it cuts down on aggression (get yourself firm evidence from a vet for that) and cuts down on uncontrolled aggressive dogs (un-neutered) from coming around, but otherwise, why would you care whether the animal is fixed or not?

The past couple years they have been tightening up on giving permits for STRs but this year they have the jubilee happening so they haven’t been as hard on it but that could easily change after especially with the move Spain just recently announced and Venice and Florence are cutting back as well.

It will be interesting to see if volume increases dramatically with interest rate cuts.