@Joel Owens With apologies to @Ray Browne for introducing a slight tangent to his thread, I would be interesting in hearing about the weighting given to energy efficiency in your experience as a commercial broker.Though efficiency is high priority for us, we find we are a minority and new builds are all being driven by the cheapest up-front capital costs with little thought given to the ongoing operational costs - both for residential and commercial.

He said the biggest problem he had was the steadicam operators putting on too much weight, since they were used to much heavier rigs.

Hmmm, quoting the Communist Leader of Russia during the Cold War doesn't carry much weight.

A GC worth his weight looks to do the same.

On your property, the income approach will be given greater weight, perhaps as much as the market approach and considering the time past of similar sales you may be viewing the income approach with more emphisis.

The knee or kick to the groin can be good you do not want to go to the ground especially for a women as the strength and weight of a man can wear you out trying to get up.

An example: Home formerly listed (expired, off market, etc.) at $350K (history shows originally listed at $395K with gradual price changes to $350K), you negotiate and place under contract for $300K, you sell (to retail buyer) for $325K.Of course, this is a generic example but in this case, a history can help you.

Think about it this way how many people pay for weight loss vs actually lose weight.

We are thinking to raise the rent from $1200 to $1500 now and then raise it up gradually to meet market value.

Recency effect causes people to put more mental weight on recent events.