My body looks strong thanks to testosterone replacement but neurologically it is forever weakened due to the cervical nature of the injury.Spinal cord injury is so much more than breaking your neck and being paralyzed.That’s good to know about your FHA purchase.

Capital is there and properties are still on the market but amount of offers have diminished(in theory), thereby these offers have a better chance getting accepted at what makes sense.

One thing I'd note, even as REITs go down, the value of the underlying assets is not diminished.

So this will make it easier.I may put off non emergency, non critical repairs if incoming rent payments start to diminish.

Your CPA has a narrow view that is specific taxes and accounting, I'm not diminishing his knowledge or advise, just giving a different view on a broad and complex theme.

At what point does the incremental gain of going further with shut down, become a matter of diminishing returns?

Our level of understanding and willingness to work with tenants is greatly diminished when the tenant does not show us the basic level of respect and consideration of proactively keeping us in the loop as to their situation.

That has diminished overall property values, he said."

If your goal is to pay the units off as soon as possible, the 15 year loan makes sense even though your cash flow will be diminished.  

The more fluctuations there are, the more diminished this becomes and at this point in the example, even 100% increase which would double the remaining amount leaves you short of the starting point.