With a home warranty you are forced to use vendors within their network and the process to get approval and repairs done can be agonizingly slow.  

It has been a bit of a slow 2 weeks. 

The Lower prices/appraisals could be just a natural brake to slow down the rise.

Mind you I do have the resources to make emergency repairs and have no debt on my rental properties so I do not fear vacancies like many do and the pool of cash builds back quickly.I suppose if I was organized or not so darn busy I would do something that yielded better returns but hey it works for me.I do this the slow boring methodical way but so far so good.I know this didn't answer your question.

some of the bigger ones have stopped or slowed down but were replaced by smaller companies.

He wants to start slow to see how it works.

In MA, and I suspect OR, the winter is the slow season. 

They still required her to be a signatory to the mortgage and to be on title ... and would not allow my portion to be held in my company (their policy did not permit companies and individuals to jointly own property).On recent visit to that same lender - with another partner - I was told having me on the deal would put things under far more scrutiny and greatly slow-down the process ... despite the partner having more than sufficient capacity to carry the mortgage on his own.I think if you find the right lenders and set things up in advance (almost like being pre-approved), @Julie Broad's approach still has legs, but my recent experience (this past year) is that it's becoming more difficult.

Work slows down a bit during the winter months and contractors sometime will lower their price to get the job.The other thing to think about is getting tenants/buyers during the winter months.

LOL  If you got Big Boy pants please put them on.Are book sales slow again?