A fair price for repairs and maintenance 4.Communication of issues including major repairs, rent reduction or increases and evictions.5.

However both have been becoming difficult to make the numbers work without major price reductions.

The way I did it - the secret- was massive principal reduction payments against one mortgage at a time. 

Specialty Lending—Caeli Ridge at Ridge Lending (see above) RENTAL INCOME VERIFICATION ONLY ‘no personal income verified: NO LIMIT ON NUMBER OF FINANCED PROPERTIES• Purchase, cash out and rate and term eligible• Min loan amt 75k• 75% max LTV• Min fico 620• 1-4 unit properties allowed, condos warrantable/non warrantable allowed•DTI (debt to income) based on DSR of property PITI/MONTHLY RENTAL INCOME *needs to be .65% or less to maintain 75% LTV, anything over 65% DTI will result in a reduction of LTV by 10%•Can finance up to 25 (yes 25!)

The SFR won't lose any value, so it's definitely a way to create real value if you are willing to house hack for a few years.The other thing that is in there is a parking minimum reduction to 1 or 0, which is really powerful for narrow lots.

Homes are starting to sit on market longer and there are also price reductions in my area.

Buyer reserves the right during the diligence period to request repairs or a price reduction should the Property not accurately reflect the home information provided by the Seller. 

Remember that no matter what you do to the foundation and how it is fixed the next person you try to sell the property to will want a reduction on the price because of what the bricks look like. 

Someone making 50k a year where market conditions price them out and a reduction in their job hours takes away any extra cash flow to invest can stop their investing plans.

Most reasonable Realtors will get price reductions which cause the property to move if there is room prior to the expiration.