I also feel there maybe a decline in the housing market in the oncoming years.

Ibrahim S - The reference I was trying to make is that the sellers want 50K over the assessors tax value - admittedly low- but which presumes the house is a functioning home, which it certainly is not after the owners long declined to put a needed re-roof on it and it shows the interior damage results where the ceiling landed on the floor in the kitchen, etc.

Cleve metro population has been largely flat for years, not massively declining as we're led to believe.

the neighborhood has made a tremendous decline and there is only one other occupied house in the col de sac.

We truly believe the area is and will continue to grow in value as everything is in Orange County.Due to this, we are declining your offers, and have settled on lowering our price to NO LESS than $630,000.

But if the property expenses grow at a much slower rate relative to the increase of the property price then the relationship between the two is a declining curve.

For a value play, in which you'll usually want/need to take occupancy down to expedite rehab and get rid of the bad tenants, TAW is probably most desirable.For a yield play on a stabilized property, leases would represent lower risk of sudden material occupancy decline.    

With markets declining but slower across now in late 2022, what would be some of the experienced folks recommendation ? 

He overpaid, market is in decline, comps are wrong, or he just bought it within the last 12 months.

They get their computer generated approval or decline and act accordingly.