An influx of supply, in a vacuum, will drive prices down.The flip side, however, is the impact on demand, which is always hard to peg.

It's not uncommon to bring in structural engineers when you're doing work that will impact the structural integrity of the house. 

That PVC pipe should have a removable plug built in by good installers right near where it connects to the air-handler body.

It will not impact things.  

Of course, property values can also go down, but both rents and interest on a note should not be impacted unless something crazy happens.One challenge with notes is keeping your capital deployed.  

If the crash affects the tech sector, this will have the greatest impact on the Seattle market just like 2000. 

That's the beauty of doing ongoing business with trusted *partners* - if they make an error (it costs more to repair than anticipated), they are willing to accept responsibility and complete the deal (thus not impacting their partners) even if it means less profit for them.

Luckily no body is hurt, but we get back to Ohio and I find that the new car I bought in November and still owe $6000 on has to be totaled, and to add insult to injury the insurance company only pays $4000 for the car.

Any clues on how my year end taxes (not property taxes) will be impacted by purchasing a home, and now having more income coming in.

Body/trim.