Considering that it cost about 8% to sell a property, a decline in value of 32% will wipe out the investors equity.  

@Xiaowei Li they declined a couple of my listings in the last couple days.

This was very common in 2008-2011 when values declined

The are I grew up in declined severely and I am hoping to do what I can to give back to the community and raise the property values.

The rent declines in the market are temporary until the new supply gets absorbed and demand picks back up.

So I figured that if I could avoid negative cash flow, the other two sources would carry us until rates declined and we could refinance to lower interest expenses.

I'm just waiting for all of the people who bought Florida land in the past 30 years -- when global warming became widely known in society -- want the federal government to bail them out for declining property values even though they knew they were buying in vulnerable areas.

The transaction took over 3 months for a bridge loan just to be declined.

It has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, declining population, and not much going for it.

I would appreciate a meaningful conversation with an authoritative person on this topic, not in the forums.Can you address the decline of lead quality I and others are experiencing?