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9 March 2019 | 153 replies
Explain your formulas Joe I think were the formulas will not hold is thinking that cash flow rentals will appreciate at a constant 2% a year.. at least as it relates to mid west rust belt.. if there is no owner occ to push pricing. the values will only follow Rental rates.. and I find rental rates in these areas to be quite stable.. and on the higher priced areas I think the run up on rent rates is about done for now.. and we could actually see some softening.
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4 January 2024 | 3 replies
Have been helping a friend with a rental since October and unquestionably rents in SoCal from SD to Ventura have softened subtly.
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18 January 2024 | 0 replies
Even though we initially were not planning on holding properties long term, the market softening communicated we had to adapt to renting properties.
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5 January 2024 | 20 replies
I think this caused a bit of a market saturation as the market for traveling nurses has appeared to soften a bit since the pandemic from my experience.
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10 January 2024 | 2 replies
If you want to soften it up, drop a 2" or 3" memory foam topper on it.
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21 July 2023 | 18 replies
Prices have softened a bit but not enough to compensate for rate increases yet.
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25 April 2019 | 148 replies
Well i would say hang around for a bit.... while there probably wont be a crash ala 2008, there are plenty of folks that are over leveraged in a softening market.
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19 November 2019 | 26 replies
Water heaters, softeners, toilet tanks, and anything else in the house that holds water. 2.
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7 December 2022 | 11 replies
There are too many different ways this can play out to the buyer's advantage to list. 15 Days to Close is a great way to soften the blow to an "Insulting" offer price and negotiating seller credits.
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5 July 2023 | 14 replies
It's hard now with rates to make rental numbers work but I suspect that prices will soften later in the year (they are typically lower in winter regardless - seasonality etc...).Hopefully it's useful thoughts,-Sean-