Once you have the rights to the property you can go to a tax attorney and do what is called "try and suppress" the title. 

You may need to visit them a dozen times to get your fire suppression system signed off.

Property prices have been suppressed in my area for a while, though I could argue they're lower than they should be.

Cap rates on the commercial side have suppressed over the last couple years, but this doesn't just mean lower return, it also means lower risk. 

It was suppressing the current condo rental market a bit based on our experience.

One thing I would consider is that when an industry has very few barriers to entry, there is at least a potential for a lot of competition, price suppression, and degradation of the industry's integrity due to low-skilled entrants.  

This is leading to vacancy in the Class A market that could trickle down and suppress rents in over classes.

Fire suppression systems = expensive so if there are ways around this I'd love to know about it. 

last time i was in Orlando they were having fires as well.. but harder to tell since there are no mountains LOL And they tend to move slower. its the steep mountains that create a chimney effect and the intense under growth.. because we suppress wild fires and keep nature from burning the under story like what happened 200 years ago before we had aerial tankers.  

When knocking down walls etc. one cost that can be big is if the local city or county requires adding a fire suppression system to each unit with sprinklers etc.You have to remember older apartments many times are grandfathered in on old codes but when you go to do studs up they add all this crap that you didn't know about before driving up your rehab per unit.The main water line from the street to the building could be compromised and need replacing.