Howdy Chitown,On my rentals I've used $250 windows, they work just fine. White vinyl, they are never used.   Now, I need some higher end windows.  I have installers that can do them for $100 a pop.  Is it worth the ti...

However, even though the market is starting to soften a bit now, local investors, turnkey companies and flippers have started accepting smaller in smaller margins. 

Yes, it has softened lately, but outside of some niches (condos) I’d not call the US housing market a buyer’s market. 

Selling your rental property for a big gain can lead to a significant tax bill, but there are ways to soften the blow.To reduce your 2024 taxable income, consider selling any underperforming investments to offset gains with losses.

“It just shows a perfect example of how tenants without strong rent-controlled protections are vulnerable to displacement and injustices.”I would not have given a vacate notice to ANYONE who paid my mortgage for the last 30 years and kept the place nice (I would have just found another deal and housed my daughter there or worked with the family in an effort to coordinate a plan for housing the tenant to soften the blow), but landlords should not be punished and criticized in general when following the current laws that were put in place.

But the already-fading momentum of retail sales is in danger of softening even further amid record coronavirus outbreaks.

Days on market is increasing, prices are softening, labor and materials have not dropped to offset either of those.  

Prices soften a little....but no where close enough to offset increased borrowing costs.There are basically two logical flaws that lead people to the conclusion that rising rates equates to equally low prices.1) They assume that other investors have the same borrowing costs that they do.

These manly men fill the sink with hot water and rinse their beard out to soften the hair as much as they can before lathering up with shave cream using a bristle brush to push the beard-softening cream into the base of the hairs.

A good accountant usually can soften this blow by analyzing the situation and doing some IRS-acceptable allocations, like when there is carpet as part of the sale but it's worn out and has no more economic value.There are two ways to defer depreciation recapture: 1031 exchange and monetized installment sale.Maybe another way is with a Qualified Opportunity Zone but I'm not sure -- still learning about those.