They see a horse stable business. 

I’m no Henry Ford, but I see an imminent convergence of regulatory pressure, existing tech, and the GenAI to bring all the existing tech together to make the full-service brokerage offering much cheaper and faster.To carry the automotive analogy further, there will still be horses and still be Lamborghinis, but most residential transactions will be vastly faster, cheaper, and more standardized in 10 years than today.The part you’re missing is that most buyers and sellers desire consultation with an expert and are willing to pay for it, because they see the value.

I can't live off 900/mo and the appreciating side has slowed to a stall. 

Notice the value has stalled as that cash has all been spent.

Periodic 1031 exchanges when appreciation stalls out, or performance goes down, or trapped equity is costing you return are all great strategic moves.

*In addition to the $7,000 weekly salary that she drew from ORES, Van Gundymisappropriated more than $5.7 million in investor funds for her own personal use, spending thosefunds on a variety of purposes, including payments for her nanny, private school tuition for herchildren, veterinarian bills and boarding costs for horses, cash withdrawals, auto payments, retailstores, and debt extinguishment, among other personal expenses*

Right on the foreclose sale date, the partner filed chapter 13 and stall more time. we came to find out that he has been living in the house the entire time as well.

It is a new construction townhome in Iron Horse Village.

I can't do much until my sons arrive in a couple of weeks to do the big renovations but arbitration least I didn't get stalled due to being overwhelmed.

Maybe I'm putting the cart before the horse by asking questions.