Hopefully CPS is including the child in all available programs which will decrease the time he is in the home. 

That way more people would monitor the property and crime issues might decrease or legit business might increase.

., has been decreasing for more than 10+ years.Raymond

However, deprecation (taken or allowed, which ever is more) would decrease your basis, increase your gain, and subject you to taxes on the unrecaptured depreciation.If its purely a fix and flip, this is inventory.

Even if you refinanced with your commercial banker, since the LTV has decreased the bank should release the additional collateral back to you.

Decreasing for small units, ... increasing otherwise.

Increasing prices, decreasing rents, increasing vacancy rates, and increased investors (including hoards of out-of-staters and the dreaded hedge funds) have really given us a moment of pause.

From what I've read it seems like I should be able to find a local bank or an investment bank who will refinance the loan, assuming that it cash flows and is increasing in equity through decreased expenses and increased income coming in.When going to those local banks do they look solely at how the property is performing or does the owner's personal credit come into play?

-Unemployment is decreasing 8.7%The criteria I used is pretty simple: RealtyTrac, Zillow and city-data.Do you have some proved searching technique (demographic trends)?

Inflation has been held in check here although the value of our dollar has decreased in the world markets.