To the extent that a price reduction may make a "stale" listing appealing, worry not, you will get those notification emails on auto pilot anyways.Start doing the compare and contrast, maybe make a spreadsheet to evaluate opportunities, play a game of "spot the patterns." 

Even if you pay $300 labor and 150 materials each time, but the work is continuous, it can still be considered as series contracts (one contract after another within a period apart, even if you do 1-3 day a week/month, as long as it has a pattern, it could be considered as such).Thanks Manolo for all the advice, esp regarding WC.

In IRS Chief Counsel Memorandum 202151005 (Dec. 23, 2021), the IRS evaluated two “general” fact patterns for short-term rental arrangements.

Not only do the colors make the photo pop, the pattern has a naturally calming effect on the mind and implies that your place is orderly in addition to being stylish! 

@Rodeline Paul not as hard as you may think, but does take time to research a market.You can use Zillow info to map out cities or neighborhoods in a large city, and then look at the sales and rent data.Geographic patterns will emerge in the data:)

I guess I’m just not cut out for that sort of drama, so this cycle I just took my marbles and went home.

We would like to be able to continue the pattern of leveraging equity and OPM in to the next property. 

Connecting with local real estate investors and getting advice from experts can help you understand market patterns and investment techniques.

I have used it on marble as well, color change is about half of pic above.

In your experience on these nicer properties, is there any typical pattern for how much they sell for (i.e. 75% of the fair market value or something like that) or is it all over the place or dependent on the specific property or the competition on that particular day?