Office has been in decline for several decades in downtown Rochester, so it's highest and best use is residential.

The number of homes for sale declined to 1263 homes sold.

Protecting yourself from any future issues will require a good understanding of the situation your house is in when you buy it.Tl;dr: crime here is relatively low, declining population numbers don't take students into account, properties are cheap, rents are high BUT be careful where you buy.This concludes my TED Talk, ha!

The devaluing of those notes by fixing the interest so low seems to be the real kicker that made the fund's intrinsic value decline, performing or not no one wants them on the secondary market.

They are usually cheap because of a stagnant or declining population or that they are just places that people with options don't want to live.

While we are reading about fun cases, there is a frequent buyer in Texas that just took a case to the SCOTUS, but they declined to hear it. 

We steer our clients away from houses that might technically have high rent but are in a stagnant or declining area.Real estate investments should be about long-term appreciation, not just a snapshot of today's cash flow.

I always tell clients it costs me zero $$ to send an offer and worst case they decline.

But according to census that town has been declining in population last couple of years.

declining neighborhood?