As virtually every industry is pressured to cut costs, I think the realtor portion of the real estate industry will continue to feel that pressure. 

One of the biggest problems I find with out of state investors wanting to BRRR is they don't really have a reliable option for the renovation portion.   

Deductible: This is not a coverage but rather your portion of a claim.

If the contract reads as you say, they may never have originally intended to pay you, and the window is just a cover excuse.One of the clues to me would be their being "furious" (possibly an act) over this.I've seen similar behavior before in other circumstances where they never intended to pay the money they promised.Finding some little fault (personally made up reasons) as an excuse to not pay the entire amount (not just a portion).Or you could just capitulate and put the window in, and then it might be, it's 2 inches too far to left, or the work was not done good enough, or the workmen made too much noise, or the workmen stepped on a petunia in the front yard.But if it is that, and you just put the window in, there may be more made up problems to prevent paying you.When dealing with some people it's best not to sign anything until ALL money crosses the palm.Good Luck!

Haven't seen any discounts for multi-family, but a PM here may be better equipped to answer that portion of your question. 

You can defer a large portion of that gain if you invest in an opportunity fund that purchases and develops properties in an opportunity zone.

We no longer buy houses with portions of the house outside the area of the basement foundation as buy hold properties.

We no longer buy houses with portions of the house outside the area of the basement foundation as buy hold properties.

Depending on how bad is the foundation state (how many inches you have to correct), is very possible the sewer line will disconnect/break in the horizontal portions.

I am lead to believe that an individual's portion of a syndication may not be 1031'd out of the deal, not into for that matter.3.