Sometimes however, they simply are in denial when their business is running downhill, and they make things worse.

Frankly I’d look to do both 5 years getting investment up to 2-3k a month and the heloc and you could be in a different place entirely because it starts to become a boulder rolling downhill. 

I used to like them but they've really gone downhill.

Get that snowball rolling downhill.

Up until early 2020, we had been fully rented with student groups at market rates, but once the school shut down for the pandemic and the area went downhill we have been unable to rent it to any groups (student or qualified non-student groups) even at steep rent discounts - it does not help that there have been multiple carjackings and a murder on our street during lockdown.  

An experienced investor told me to be careful with older houses, as they may give good returns the first year, and after that it may be all downhill, as repairs eat up potential profits.It's great that he knows the area, but there are lots of areas that are bad news now which weren't when 'we' grew up there.Is this your first investment?

There's up hills and down hills and obstructions to surmount but just plodding along and enjoying the beauty along the way eventually gets you somewhere.

Their customer relations have gone vastly downhill since COVID, and they don't exactly like dealing with non-standard requests.

After that, it's mostly downhill!

A new connection to the rear street is 20' and downhill but would require cutting the sidewalk and opening the street.