In a bear market, it’s essential to buy well below market value and stick to high-demand features buyers are prioritizing.High Inflation: During periods of high inflation, the cost of materials and labor often increases, cutting into profit margins.

Curb cut rules.   

**Why A Half-Point Rate Cut May Signal Bad News**While many view the Federal Reserve's half-point rate reduction as a positive sign, I see potential red flags.

I do realize that doesn't make me a know it all investor as even if I overpaid by 20%+++ in 2014, the REI market would have still treated me kindly.Anyways, I am wondering what your opinions are for getting into REI through Flipping in ATX for 2025 and beyond given the many forces that are at play in ATX including: 1- Interest rate cuts and the expectation that cuts will be a trend in 20252- Even with Interest Rate cuts, will this be enough to get people moving since they may be reluctant to move when they have 3% interest rates on their current home? 

The seller already has given me a good deal on the property due to her being forced to return to NYC for work post-covid (seller is paying $20K out of pocket after overpaying for the property 2 yrs ago, and sellers agent is taking a commission cut to make the deal work).

And, you have an additional $3k in drywall work that wasn't planned because the electrician needs to cut holes to pull the new wires.  

Could probably cut that down a little but I tend to underwrite conservatively. 

I manage my own short term rental and have one cleaner who does all turnovers and another individual who cuts the grass every two weeks.

We've tried to offer this service in the past, but had few opt-ins from property owners:(BTW: Weekly mowing though, costs at least $30/cut!

Move on, cut your losses, learn from it and invest in better markets next time.