Any small touch ups or minor repairs you can handle beforehand will help limit price reductions or repair requests once you’re under contract.As for telling the tenant, I’ve seen owners handle it both ways.

Since I buy in desirable areas, no rent reductions or incentives.

That can lead to a major reduction in your tax bill.The key is that those losses don’t become usable until the properties are purchased and operating, and you’re meeting the material participation standards.

More than one-third of listings on Redfin are currently receiving price reductions, and Zillow has seen a significant increase in homes that have been listed for more than 90 days, which typically indicates that the seller held on for too long.Yes, sellers can still be picky in extremely hot regions.

my firm does foreign national loans all the time. it's not an issue. any loan officers you talk to that are confused by that are not well informed. you're looking at an LTV reduction and a slight increase in rate maybe, but it can easily be done.

If the same pace of rate cuts or reductions continue; we will be at 4.5%+ by this time next year. 

In most markets, that small reduction produces 3–5x more tenant volume.2.

Hey All,Here is an update on the Allegheny County real estate market for the past 7 days (data pulled from the West Penn MLS)Total price reductions went up to 737, compared to this year's average of 390Number of expired listings went up to 229, compared to this year's average of 117Sales price to list price ratio is 97.61%, compared to this year's average of 98.34%Average sales price is up 13% compared to this year's average Listings sold in the last 7 days are up 17% over this time last yearAverage days on market is 41, staying around the average of 43 for the yearOverall, we saw a market correction from the previous week for total new listings, pending listings, and sold listings.

Homes now average about 68 days on market, and many see at least one price reduction before selling.

This means they can only offer aggressive terms for so long before the "shareholders/stakeholders" start to have a say in the terms and you will usually see lenders like this start to taper off (tighter UW guidelines, cutting exposure to any single market or flipper, leverage reductions, etc.).