I am also told it supposedly decreases your insurance.

A Uniform Annual Decreasing Term policy is usually the cheapest and it decreases over the term.

Property values in Italy have pretty much decreased continuously over the last 15 years and it's much worse in these regions and people are leaving, not moving in.

@Stephen BrownToledo's population has been decreasing steadily over the past 10 years, however.

but it can help screen out properties that won't work without a sizable price decrease.

So in this case, I would have to bring that difference to the table at closing ($75K before closing costs) which decreases the whole primary advantage of the VA loan which is the 0% down feature.

I would assume that property values have gone down to compensate for the decrease in profit from rent control? 

Just be careful, because BAH can also decrease year to year. 

Even during the 2008 financial crash, our clients had zero decreases in rent and zero vacancies.After choosing the investment location, the next most important decision is selecting the tenant segment.

This gives them time to negotiate rent concessions with current landlords on leases where the store is doing okay and they want to see if sales improve. if sales improve with rent decrease it can make a store profitable again and one less they have to shut down.In larger retail centers there is a co-tenant anchor clause.