https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Highlights: Single-family home sales rose 5.3 percent year-over-year, with 5,260 units sold;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes decreased slightly from 67 days in February 2017 to 65 days this February;Total property sales increased 3.1 percent with 6,375 units sold;Total dollar volume climbed 4.5 percent to $1.7 billion;The single-family home median price rose 1.4 percent to $226,200, which represents a February high;The single-family home average price edged up 0.4 percent to a February high of $281,945;Single-family homes months of inventory shrank year-over-year from a 3.4-months supply to 3.2 months;Townhome/condominium sales fell 5.1 percent, with the average price up 2.0 percent to $210,887 and the median price up 4.6 percent to $170,000;Leases of single-family homes fell 11.5 percent with the average rent up 4.1 percent to $1,720;Volume of townhome/condominium leases dropped 11.5 percent with average rent up 2.2 percent to $1,515.

We still want to find a paying tenant for the sake of our client, but are trying to think creatively of ways we can decrease the time the property sits vacant.

The reason this is an issue for me is that I think I can use suspended losses from other real estate to negate some of the capital gain from the exchange if its divided by 8 and then I could just decrease the basis all together.  

Just wary of how frothy things are now...Everyone is a little nervous but (barring nuclear war, which seems like a decreasing risk) I see no reason for the local music to stop.Is it a silly time to buy? 

I understand it will require a leap of faith on your part but [look into his eyes here from half a foot distance, and grab his shoulder and rub it uncomfortably and squeeze his muscle tightly and say] if you stick with me, I promise you I will become a relentless force in the investing world and we WILL make money.. ... while for the next 4 seconds (FOUR, not 3, not 5, but 4) you keep staring into his eyes (from half a foot apart), noses almost touching.It worked for me Do this.

Another fear of mine is that he knows there are too many non related people living in the house at one time and the decrease the number of occupants after I have made the deal will drop my ROI and it will have been a poor deal. 

@Harris Dy I'm also looking into a single family that needs some work so I can both build equity and decrease my monthly rent/mortgage cost.

Do they increase or decrease due to supply or what?

When I sell my house, does the basis decrease by $10000  or $5000 every year?

Obviously a 30 year payment plan would decrease the monthly amount. about 200$ if I am figuring correctly.