I have one house with a crawl space and it has the well water tank and softener down there.  

This will help soften up home prices and allow you to negotiate a better deal.

Townhouses are likely to be a lot more price volatile if and when the real estate market ever softens up.   

I'm hoping to see more Reo inventory come on market as it will soften the pressure for more first time buyers and help train more trades.

That's okay though, they'll be back in their previous line of work once the regulatory environment softens some and banks ease up on their current ultra strict underwriting standards.  

Appraisals are starting to come in lower in many markets around the country showing softening markets.  

Doing one right could have softened the blow of the other but his candle burned out from both sides.

@Robert Kriedermann,You may want to soften your approach a bit ..."

We do buy salt every once in a while for a water softener, even so I forget to do that as often as I likely should and haven't had issues yet.

Business outlook, why is a seller selling if it's a money maker, so we need to look at the economic conditions and what the expected production will be rather than historic earnings under previous management.The best way to sell service business is or can be rather convoluted based on not just what is assumed but what will be produced with the seller providing management direction over time to 1. teach the buyer, 2. soften the blow to customers with respect to relationships changing and 3. to finance the transaction as financing for a service entity is almost nonexistent.The best way to sell a rehab company is by admitting a buying partner, teach them and allow them to earn their way in.