Instead of reacting emotionally, I stayed professional.

Focus on documenting everything, avoid direct confrontations, and plan financially and emotionally for a potentially slow process.

Are you sure these aren't emotional support animals?

It’s a structural one.Why it’s happeningBuilders have tools individual sellers do not:• They can buy down mortgage rates into the 3’s-mid-5s while resales are stuck at 6.5%+• They can offer closing cost credits without triggering appraisal issues• They adjust pricing based on absorption rates, not emotions• Inventory carries measurable costs for them, so they act fasterMeanwhile, resale sellers are slow to reprice and anchored to peak-era expectations.That creates a pricing gap investors aren’t used to seeing.The investor angleFor most of the 2010s, investors avoided new construction because it was more expensive, taxed higher, and offered no rent premium.

It turned a house I was emotionally attached to into the first piece of what would become a long-term wealth-building plan.After moving to Idaho, I bought a townhouse on owner-carry terms and rented out one of the rooms to offset my mortgage.

We own 167 apartment units and have been using Buildium as our one-stop software. Last month (September) we had a tenant reach out to us about a new tenant we recently placed. The current tenant told us she didn’t fee...

It is both exciting and terrifying but I am emotionally committed to the effort.

I would wager one issue is that 3BD 2BA's are highly saturated in nearly every market, even given that you're in the top 5% of listings. 

Hey Dee Dee,You’re doing the right thing stepping in — that’s not an easy position to be in, especially when family emotions are involved.

Volume of analysis goes up, emotions stay out, reserves stay healthy, and I move fast when numbers clear my ranges.