Value in houses are going down because they're being remodeled which takes more money than actually getting people to buy it The demands for clients living at these locations decreased significantly because of not enough inventory and proper value"Well, in many markets, it means there is a definite inventory “crunch” available to take advantage of."

Have you researched the department of transportation to see if traffic is increasing,decreasing, or staying the same year over year?

Once a property of mine has six months of the mortgage, I decrease the percentage of the vacancy cost from 10 to 8%.

How do you go about decreasing vacancy before you have actually closed on the property?

Once you figure that out then find out if you can get an FHA loan this will decrease the amount you need to put as down payment.

Future values of MFH will decrease as interest rates rise.

Now depending on a number of facts it can be income to the debtor or a decrease in basis and therefore a decrease in their loss on sale. 

The reason I'm investing so much into IRA is to get decrease the amount I pay each year in taxes and since my wife is self employed we will have a solo 401K that will allow us to roll over the funds from the IRA.

East Lakeview, East Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, Edgewater, Ravenswood, Logan Square, Avondale, and Irving Park are decreasing in value?  

Our options are:1) to try to put some money into it to fix it up and rent for a bit more. 2)Find a renter to take it as is for around $600/mo again. 3)Tear it down with the thought that it's presence may actually decrease the value of the other properties----possibly could build something in it's place, but I would have to check into that.