Yeah, I guess my thought process was that if she got a text, she could process the idea and respond accordingly instead of feeling pressured to respond a certain way immediately.

Such a scenario doesn't just bring values down by 30% but also places substantial pressure on property holders, especially when debt refinancing looms on the horizon, compelling action at these reduced market values.Here is the double whammy that increases the cash in refinance needed, the capital markets (bank lending) terrain has tightened greatly.

And all of the mutual funds and hedge funds and everyone else that these instruments are invested in are all under massive pressure to produce the guaranteed returns needed to keep those retirement plans afloat.

Also the key thing to pressure the cost really low is to keep using the same set of subcon that they're more "generalist" rather than an specialist meaning they can do multiple type of task for different type of job.

Affordability is an issue right now, but if/when rates go down later this year, that'll put upward pressure on prices.

It's because THIS property has a pressure distribution septic system.

Having said this I want to emphasise that we never felt pressured into committing our money earlier, or above a limit that we felt comfortable with.

You have to kind of buy as the momentum is driving it that way but not at the peak of it, weather the mark to market volatility that comes with it, manage the physical risk that comes with, and reap the blow out rewards that eventually will come if you bought in the right areas.If debt is cheap it makes sense spread the risk around cause your floor is a lot lower, if debt is expensive it makes more sense to own it and and actually qualify your risk in areas that demand is still high, and supply is getting constrained and force more pressure on it. 

Cheap quick and easy: trim trees, mulch around base of trees (mulch is $2/bag at lowes right now), remove window bars, pressure wash, add some landscaping to front flowerbeds (I typically do rocks w/ flowering plants, lots of people do mulch there too) and remove the bushes, and possibly add some landscape blocks around the front flowerbed areasIs this a flip or a rental?

It would just pressurize the rent.