You can find higher ROI (on paper) here and probably in other cities…but the probability of actually collecting rent significantly decreases.

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. 

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

I understood that rent prices are decreasing.

The cost per sf skyrockets as house size decreases. 

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.

There are times when the market increases or decreases rapidly.

Currently rates on commercial are going up and not down with Fed rate decreases.  

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

A new owner with more capital can easily come in and decrease vacancy rates and increase supply to realize a 2-3x revenue.