My practice is primarily focused on real estate investors and their various transactions.

What are the best practices in negotiating a lower commission with a listing agent?

Keep your budget in mind for quality improvements, check local regulations and manage pricing.

The problem is with the high building regulations and high cost of construction, it is mathematically impossible to build "affordable" housing.

I personally did a double major in accounting and finance and while I do not practice accounting as a CPA or bookkeeper or anything it has helped me tremendously to navigate real estate and understand the tax code or where to find answers to tax questions.  

The exception is a reverse mortgage which have breach terms that include death of last debtor on title or a surviving spouse.From a practical standpoint, mortgage lenders and their loan servicers are not looking for a reason to accelerate (call loan all due) but may be triggered by poor admin practices of sub-2 buyer.

If it’s assisted living many are going broke because of covid and post covid some regulations in some states required social workers to have nursing degrees so their expenses skyrocketIf its 55+ community and rentals etc, they have been hit and miss like other real estate

Each market has its own unique laws and regulations. 

Because of its seclusion, we can get away with circumventing the city regulations as code enforcement has no way to verify how much the property gets booked.

I have read some of the comments where some people offer referrals fees and practically take possession of the client.