I disagree with the comment that buyers will discount a lived-in bathroom or kitchen.

In Fairfax County for example, the best I see (discounting for condo fees) is roughly 0.75%.  

I also agree that REITs are more likely to track with the stock market than housing, directly, as I have seen that in my own portfolio.A direct short is a hard thing to figure, but maybe you could modify your strategy a bit by focusing investment on the businesses that benefit from a bad real estate market: Moving companies, discount retailers, waste disposal companies.Here is a good list of businesses that do well in recession.

So don't discount Dave's strategy.

They recently had good prices on kitchen cabinets and a good discount on them if you were a "IKEA Family" member...Following the thread and looking forward to the next update.

I am leaning towards Real Estate Express, https://www.realestateexpress.com/real-estate-lice...I am not an affiliate nor have I used them but for price and convenience as well as offering discounts I think I will be using them for the test prep.

why not buy something on clearance/closeout and buy extra since it's heavily discounted.

Establish an account and get discounts, plus added value service.

A lot of forum members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold investing, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are some pretty nice discounts on many products and services offered as Perks to BP members that you might want to check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their fantastic podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

I would request a credit I would actually request a discount in an additional credit for having us a tenant that’s not paying rent.