My girlfriend and I moved the day after Christmas hahaAlthough, I can imagine most "normal" people try to wait for the Summer and SpringIf you can help it maybe give incentives for tenants to agree to longer (or shorter) leases for Spring and Summer turnovers 

https://www.mortgagenewsdaily....As far as financial markets are concerned, a green Christmas is better than anything Bing Crosby could have crooned about.

I give my good tenants (which is the majority of them) a Christmas card and a $25 gift card that's good for a number of local restaurants (Applebee's and a few other places).

I also think The Book on Negotiating Real Estate by J Scott, Carol Scott, and Mark Ferguson contains a ton of information that is not regularly discussed on RE podcasts, other RE books, or forums, so it has the potential to teach you a ton. 

If I wanted to give my cleaners bonuses for five star reviews or Christmas bonuses is that a deductible expense?

I may just put it on the market for a month or two after Christmas and if it doesn't sell for what I need then I can finance it to keep as a rental.

The biggest change is the month of December and individuals meeting the challenges of paying for Christmas and move in deposit and first months rent. 

It has a done of great local Chicago meetups.Most importantly we are having a Christmas party on December 2nd, you won't want to miss it.  

You should send that agent a Christmas card every year saying "thank you".You seem to be getting a lot of information, from a lot of sources, but no real education...yet. 

Get this though - the court doesn't evict for 2 weeks over Christmas.