During the recession, economic loss nearly doubled in a lot of areas that saw little to no rent decreases. 

Now is especially a great time to buy as prices have either stabilized or decreased through the state (the entire country basically). 

Also most every properties management decreases your return by less than ten percent of the houses number so 10% to 9% return house. often times they increase your return.

If not, the appraiser will view it as a SFH and nothing more, therefore, private lenders (commercial lenders), will only look at the cash flow from the SFH and not the ADU, which decreases DSCR.

WSU now has a medical school for students to remain in Spokane, Riverfront Park is in the middle of a $40M renovation and update, crime has decreased and like a lot of growing areas there are not enough contractors for all of the construction projects and work.  

If there is a slight decrease year over year, say .2% decrease year over year for the last 3 years, is that bad or just a small fluctuation in population?

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@Nathan Grabau's suggestion to use available funds for rate buydown may be the most affordable way to decrease your monthly payments and pass the self-sufficiency test.If you know how much market rent, property taxes, and homeowner's insurance are, we can determine how much the maximum mortgage payment is and solutions with the least amount down.  

@Chase A. paying off the mortgage increases your cash flow but decreases your risk and ROI. 

Condos can increase or decrease just like the value of a home but cash flow is king if you can rent it out and make a profit every month why not?