I would benefit from this program because it would decrease my 1:30-2 hours commute down to under 30 minutes.

You can also double hack these if you have enough units and live in one unit and use one unit for your business, but of course that decreases your cash flow but increases your usability.You can also use an FHA loan to get a mixed-use property with only 3.5% down if the residential square footage if more than 50% of the total square footage.

ATX is having a huge decrease in rents while Reno, NV is steady and even growing in certain areas.

I look for cashflow to service the debt, repairs, cap ex, taxes, and insurance while the equity grows, my taxes are decreased, and rents are increased to make more cashflow. 

Then build a life and set goals around increasing the number of perfect days you have each year, instead of decreasing them.2.

There are times when the market increases or decreases rapidly.

I can't remember, but it turned out that since I kept paying my broker 1%+ every time I re-financed my principal never decreased.

The larger properties (1,700 sq ft and above) are the ones that have seen the decreases in value and rents. 

I understood that rent prices are decreasing.

When this happens, inflation-adjusted rents tend to decrease.