We have a few Realtors and especially builders who own stage furniture they use, but the price has to justify the time and effort.To my knowledge in my market there is no data supporting staging a property, those that stage them just believe in it.Even in your example there are other factors that are alive in the market that influence price, you really can't prove that furniture and flowers caused a sale much less at a specific price.

I heard today that Builder Confidence had dropped substantially as demand has gone stale.Here is that article: Darker U.S. homebuilder mood not just due to bad weather

The numbers for buy and hold seem tight even though i would pick up what would seem like a substantial amount of equity once its fixed.What am I missing?

The numbers for buy and hold seem tight even though i would pick up what would seem like a substantial amount of equity once its fixed.What am I missing?

Syndication, at least the ones I know, are substantially more selective in the properties they deal with.

Never let a Bar License influence you.

It will be interesting to see how this influences how the sites operate.  

Haven't met a traditional lender that will do 0-down on commercial investment property (exceptions for long-term relationships with mutual, substantial, solid investments).

Plan ahead and have a substantial reserve.

I've been influenced by smooth talkers who have a ready, reasonable answer to any questionable item on their application.