5% decrease?

That would be if interest rates go up along with other monetary tools to decrease the supply of money the price will come down. 

The closer you let the equity equal the PV, the more that equity decreases in value, and the more the opportunity loss for increased CF grows.

A more effective way to determine if the operating expense ratio is realistic is to ask your property manager for the average expenses per unit for your class, size, and vintage property.Operators want to decrease operating expenses as much as possible to increase the NOI (net operating income) to increase the property's sales value.

The only downsides to this are holding costs with a higher interest rate, a low appraisal ( risk can be decreased by knowing the ARV), and going way over budget on rehab, but a lot of HML will allow going over budget if  the numbers make sense.

There was a narrow decline from the preceding month and a 30% increase from the preceding year for the entire Metropolitan Statistical Area.The City of Austin saw a change in median home price from $544,000 to $55,000, a month to month decrease of $5,000 but a 20% increase from the previous year.

When you cash out typically your cash flow will decrease but if you can buy another asset then the net of the 2 is a gain.Hope this helps in your decision.

Keeping rent the same is a decrease in net income.

I feel sick when I run the numbers and see a decrease in cash flow and start to doubt why I am even doing it in the first place!  

Decreased demand?