However, I'm starting to see a lot of price decreases on listings.

I agree with many of those investors that a correction of some sort will happen but I am under the belief that it will not lead to prices decreasing much but rather stagnating for a few years.Though @Alvin Sylvain says he is new to investing, he has the right idea.

Find a way to improve the physical property AND the operations to increase the revenue and decrease the expenses. 

Hello everyone my name is Edwin manning i currently live in the Modesto Ca area and i'm about 5 days new to the Bigger pockets site and would love any help navigating. As we all know real estate has sky rocketed acros...

Otherwise , as long as the rent is fair market value, most landlords increase by 5 percent a year - not decrease . 

I was wondering if there were some tips to decrease OE to increase noi.

The good thing about these criteria is that they are mostly static as opposed to often changing.Population: Look for population to be steadily growing = increasing customers.Jobs: A stable job market = a stable tenant base.Supply: Too much product = increase in concessions / decrease in rental income to attract solid, long term tenants.Demand: Product type.

And with every day that passes, the risk of that occurring within the applicable limitations period decreases.

@William Huston, One of the best strategy relating to proper use of Mortgage is to offset your mature properties income with newer properties interest deduction. 1) Mature properties will start to show more taxable income as interest payment decreases with time. 2) So, use newer properties to offset those income. 

If this is the case, we would need either some of the big repairs met, or a pretty drastic decrease in agreed price.