There is a conventional renovation product if you qualify for it. 

Our profit margins were great, at around 25% per house.

I have been trying to sell my house.

Even if the market only appreciated at the rate of inflation, my equity growth is still beating inflation because I'm conservatively leveraged.4) It is unlikely single family prices will go down in any meaningful way as evidenced by over 100 years of US housing price data.

I have a 9 bedroom house, 6 bath with a pool and hot tub. 

I’ve got an opportunity to buy a rental house potentially for zero down, but I’m not sure if this is a good deal or not.

Mainly, a couple houses are in "challenging" areas with suck tenants.

The entire house needs a makeover and a few fixes.

When I look at the comparables over the last 3 months the average sale price is about $235 per square foot, which would put me only at a resale value of $495,000 ...not worth it.However, there are comps from January of 2022 through July of 2022 that strongly support $300 per square foot putting the resale price of the house at $630,000... totally worth it.My real estate agent, that I've  worked closely with for the last 4 years and have probably done about 15 deals with, ensures me she will definitely get $595,000 minimum for this property, and if I knew that for sure I would do the deal.

But typically the seller can't afford or just doesn't want the house anymore and they're ready to walk way but they don't want their credit ruined by a foreclosure.