They are on a downhill slide that they most likely will never recover from.

Well done, they say the first one is the toughest - all downhill from here! 

What if the area starts going downhill as urban renewal projects aren't renewed?

This experience has not gone well, the tenant was placed and it has been down hill ever since, my main complaint is the lack of communication with the PM not to mention lack of action when needed.

One of the biggest pitfalls an investor can make is using an agent without personal investing experience, or trying to "make things work" with a contractor or property management experience once the downhill slide starts.

They promoted him and everything went down hill from there.Needless to say I pulled everything I had in BofA and went to another bank that was happy to work with me.

Then after one of the teens (who moved in either looking like she'd has a really good dinner or was pregnant..it was the latter) delivered her baby things rapidly went downhill. 

However, in the past 4 months, the software has gone down hill and has now become essentially useless.  

Hey BP,Just got back from visiting one of my properties, and spent an hour talking to the tenants about how they believe the neighborhood to be on the decline. Just before I arrived, there was a shooting right out fro...

I am considering hiring an all inclusive management company instead (our return would then be around 5.5-6% annually).However, the community has been going downhill.