Having said that, with a reduction in agent commission, your offer can be lowered by the amount that they agent has reduced their commission by and the seller will still end up at their minimal net price.2.Find out about deals before they hit the MLS- The first agents to know about listed properties are always the listing agents.

For those less knowledgeable, it could be a disaster.Dual agency for the agent is a reduction of their responsibilities and a doubling of their commission.

The main floor is generally the most desirable unit.What does the "caretaker" do and does it justify such a reduction in rent?

For the last 3 or so years, I've told myself that these prices are not going to last forever and its only going to be a matter of time before they go up so much that the numbers won't really make sense.The huge reduction in the number of foreclosures I believe is finally coming through in the pricing.

There is legally 15% of start up expenses that you get hit with up front that they don't have to show as a reduction of capital on your statement. (7% Broker Dealer fee, 3% referral commission, 1% organization fee, etc, etc. 

One other little caveat I heard was that there will be a major increase in the number of apartments coming online in the next year or so, and that those two things - the investor participation in the market and the expected reduction in demand - will negatively affect a buy and hold strategy.

I have not need any "sold," lower comparables but I have definitely seen some price reductions and inventory that is sitting longer on the market.

In between, the $25K "special allowance" phases out at $1 reduction for every $2 of AGI over $100K. 

With sequestration, we're dropping S-8 property each time we get the 10%-15% reduction in HAP contract rent letter.As for their premium service, we had as much traffic through craigslist and organic traffic/leads through semi-concentrated SEO placement.

I work for an appraisal firm, some specialize in property tax reduction and our appraisers wont take the case if you bought within the last couple years.