On the conservative side of my original post, if I reduced my expenses by $700/mo by buying down the loan $20k, in three years, that’s $25k to the good from reduced expenses.

Do you think the seller would be understanding of the buyer having busy contractors and the possibility of that reducing the chances of getting the contract signed?

Are there opportunities to reduce expenses? 

My goal is to try to minimize locations while keeping a 10-12 percent CoC return in the San Antonio area.More generally though, I've been looking at going into multi-family housing more as, again, it would reduce the amount of locations I have to manage, at least in the short-medium term.

So it's harder to get loans approved and some banks are asking for reduced LTV's, at least from what I've heard.

You must reduce the basis of property by the depreciation allowed or allowable, whichever is greater.

The trend indicates a minimum of 10 to 20 % drop in home prices as sellers reduce home prices due to lack of Buyers. 

Sellers are known to be slower than than market to adjust to new realities of supply and demand.I’m curious to see if the large number of “temp offs” and the expired and withdrawn that are not re-listing right back, in fact, might be temporarily reducing the inventory and helping other current sales to occur. 

The other options offered various payment plans that reduced their rent for now (deferred, not abated).

I have planted some fast growing trees (Green Giant) that will block out the view and reduce a little bit of noise.