You can also try creative financing like seller financing or taking over a seller’s mortgage to avoid big upfront costs.

By making partial dispositions, you can also avoid subsequent recapture on these items when you go to sell.

To avoid reducing your lifetime exemption, you could gift equity incrementally, but this requires proper legal structuring (e.g., fractional ownership transfers).

Try to avoid areas that seem risky.

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone give you a referral, don’t make the mistake of assuming that PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.We also can’t believe how many owners hire the first PMC they speak with!

Avoid leading with a low offer or mentioning how long it’s been listed.

Cash out $100K every day for the next ten days to avoid moving the market.

Lots of bad reasons.Full disclosure - I give advice all the time to avoid companies that require you to close with cash.  

•Are there any specific neighborhoods or zip codes to target or avoid?

Folks still like gas for cooking and it can be used for the fireplace to avoid wood/sparks/soot/etc.