The long-term Cash-Shiller data, adjusted for inflation, shows that over the long term (decades) house prices are flat.

If highly leveraged, or overextended, you need to visualize the potential problem and adjust for it now, imo.

Like sales are used for this, same size, the same type of locations, adjusted for my smaller town, market values were compared and then I asked what he thought it all might be worth, leased out?

* 5-year adjustable 2.25%* 1-yr fixed 2.65%* 7-yr fixed 4.95%* 10-yr fixed 5.2%Btw, these are rate options for Canada.

A court could determine your cleaning bill to be excessive and adjust it.If it does get to SCC, get the lawyer, and be prepared.

IF you need to adjust a price, agree to a price today and you MIGHT consider tieing the price to an index, such as the CPI (which will probably be up) or to the percentage difference in the 1 year T-Bill (which should not be too much in the short term).Most lease options are not taken.

Use the formulas for repairs I've given (you may need to adjust the costs if you're in an area with higher rehab costs than us in the TX & LA area) to save yourself some time.Making offers this way will allow you to use your time wisely and make more offers in the less time.

I try to sell you my house again for $750k (adjusted for inflation).

If you have damage to your house and I'm your insurance adjuster, I'm coming to your house with about $70,000 worth of training and experience of a couple thousand claims under my belt.

You want to give them enough money to live on for some period of time to let them adjust to the new reality.