Account Closed I only buy well built houses in good market...not in problem or declining markets.

Marie is an old city with a high vacancy rate, declining population, poor tenant quality, and will never see any meaningful appreciation.

So, absent new information, there is little known opportunity for treasury or mortgage rates to decline (it's already baked into long term rates) and only risk that rates will increase if expectations are wrong. 

Everyone saw a small decline in the property taxes and stayed quiet.

Politely decline those with poor credit or insufficient income.

Just out of curiosity - has anyone heard of lenders declining new borrowers for assumable loans, even with strong qualifications?

I saw about 50-75% jump from 2021-2023 and now seeing about 30% declines. 

For example, one property was in a distressed market where comparable properties have seen a ~8% decline in average rents over the last 18 months (the period since completing renovation project).

You can get top dollar likely, but it still needs to be reasonable and comparable. if it’s a declining town with not many attractions or amenities, then it’s likely there’s no rentals available because nobody wants to live there. mot sounds like you may be describing more situation #1, in which case it’s a ripe opportunity if you can get a deal on a property

So far we have completed over eighty 1031 exchanges, and a significant number were from Portland.As you know, Portland's population is declining.