Conversely, refinancing preserves your current positive cash flow and requires less hands-on work, but you may not secure the same low interest rate and could diminish the equity available for your next house hack.

Many homeowners seem to be converting their once primary residences into Airbnb rentals rather than selling, benefiting from their low-cost basis and the low mortgage rates they locked in.This pattern could persist, possibly diminishing the profitability of STRs for quite a few.

Co-op broker fees have been diminishing over the last few years, and I think it will accelerate.  

This error in my calculation diminished my potential cash flow for year 1 and putting me in the negatives.

Once you’ve experienced the successful rental of your first house hack, this fear diminishes.

Just as encountering a faulty vehicle does not render all cars unreliable, the saturation of the 500 ft2 studio and 1-bedroom market in Tulum does not diminish the investment potential of other segments within the region. 3 bedroom + properties are still yielding solid returns (double digits).

With ownership being diminished due to regulations, while those that got in before the regulations are left with limited competition and high upside, what about the investors that want to get in? 

Had she availed herself of these services, the time demands for the program would have greatly diminished for her.The sole monetary issue in this is a charge for skip traces.

Practically, the risk of loss diminishes over time and might effectively be extinguished some time years down the road. 

For instance, while it can bolster initial cash flow by reducing tax liability, it could diminish deductions in subsequent years (when the property might produce better cashflow), impacting overall tax footprint, so you need to take into account all that in the context of your short term and long term tax strategy (e.g. if you plan on selling soon, at which time the depreciation gets recovered, or not and planning to hold for a long term/forever/1031, buying more later and creating more depreciation to offset cashflow or not, etc.).The alternative is a do-it-yourself (DIY) or survey option, which costs around $400 to $500 per property (I can do my CSS report in 10min, once I have all the data needed).