If you "invest" poorly in a principal residence you diminish your ability to truly invest in income producing properties.

Do you mean buyout only the second lien holder at over full value, thereby diminishing the judgement liens equity stake?

If the smell didn't diminish while the baking soda is down, that's not the source of your smell.

Same as you, I saw diminishing opportunity up there and increasing opportunity down here. 

Mortgage in one spouse name, both on title, does this diminish the ability for the non-borrower spouse from obtain future mortgages on other properties in line with maximum mortgages?

With little to no value add, the spread will look more like a commission of a couple points rather than some home run and it can certainly hit zero and negative if you over pay or something happens to the loan when you liquidate which diminishes your value like a loan fading from delinquency to default.

I am concerned that yellow letters, like any marketing method, diminish in effectiveness as more people use them - and they have become very popular.Some suggest using a mix of postcards, yellow letters, zip letters, etc.

The sense of urgency is critical as each day land diminishes as well as opportunity.

Or if the rate is higher when we do, we have to charge accordingly.We have secured discounts through a variety of vendors (AC Bandit, security/protection companies, etc...) and will continue to assist our clients by sharing info and knowledge to help them mitigate/diminish these types of risk exposures.

Diminishing property values and high property taxes don't make much of an incentive to continue to invest in the already hurting Cities (Detroit falls in to this category too).I strongly agree with what Jon posted.