I've been seeing transparently priced properties as of late and my realtor has mentioned that many are receiving less offers than before thereby decreasing competition and the inflated prices you see after bidding wars.

Look for markets that are growing in population, jobs, job diversity, median home values, income and are decreasing in vacancy and crime. 

I’ll pull out equity and my mortgage payments will actually decrease.

That can be a huge point, if colleges are actually decreasing their density within the dorms, etc. 

I understand that purchases of additional inventory decrease purchase costs COGS purposes.

Not only does the second bathroom add value- it's likely to significantly decrease your vacancy.

One solution is you can decrease the unit count, and I have done that on a 19 unit property that was converted to 14 units.

If recession hits and real estate markets decrease, what areas do you predict will do the best?

My name is Clarke Gallie, I'm an investment realtor with WinCity in Windsor, ON and wanted to share the recent data received for April 2020TRANSACTION VOLUMEMarket activity (the number of new listings) has decreased by 53.60% comparing April 2020 to April 2019Market activity (the number of new listings) YTD has decreased by 14.02% comparing 2019 to 2020Sales activity (the number of houses sold) has decreased by 54.89% comparing April 2020 to April 2019Sales activity (the number of houses sold) YTD has decreased by 19.60% comparing April 2020 to April 2019SALES AVERAGESAverage Sale Price has increased by 0.08% comparing April 2020 to April 2019Average Sale Price YTD has increased by 10.94% comparing 2019 to 2020If you're looking to invest in Windsor, have questions about what is the best strategy for you or just want to chat real estate add me on Bigger Pockets and give me a call!

Maybe they thought if there is a crisis they want to keep their assets and not decrease current loan quality.As things improve you'll probably see them come back.I had heard very early on from one friend at Wells Fargo, that they had stopped doing them.Also many of the "special" programs have stopped...like Dr.