I have had to decrease my prices by around 25% to have the same occupancy as a year ago.

Besides that, now you have a lifetime roof, a huge insurance rate decrease, and your home will have a more value and hold the value for a lot longer than a shingle roof. 

Banks used to offer this pre-2008 but the problem is if the value decreases at all and the owner can’t pay they’d have to cut a check to sell the house so instead they just walk away and get foreclosed on.

With the decrease in good paying jobs, the secondary job workforce will also decrease. 

(Kylie Cooper / The Seattle Times)Several of the largest property management companies operating in Seattle conspired to drive up rents and decrease competition, three lawsuits filed this month allege.The cases, filed in federal court in Seattle, focus on the use of RealPage software, which gathers information about rental units and rent prices and uses an algorithm to recommend how much landlords should charge.The complaints claim that by exchanging detailed and “competitively sensitive” information, RealPage and the landlords have illegally created a “cartel” to set prices in violation of antitrust laws.The widespread use of RealPage has increased rents across the country and in Seattle neighborhoods such as downtown, Capitol Hill, the Central District, South Lake Union and Queen Anne, the complaints allege.The lawsuits, filed on behalf of tenants, cited an investigation by the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica that was published in October and detailed the use of RealPage in Seattle and other cities.

For Real Estate, the fact that people can WFH in close proximity to extended family may decrease moves or possibly increase the STR market.

I think seeing your debt decrease over a period of time will make things seem as if they are progressing.best of luck to you in your journey.

Why should your agent take a pay decrease just because you want to pursue properties you cant make a competitive offer on?

Lots of rentals in the area are sitting on the market right now, so I will decrease rent and see what happens.

Contrary to what some folks preach, real estate can--and does--decrease in value if the surrounding market falters).