This is a small one entry/exit 25 home neighborhood.Two things concern me:1.The neighboring property decreasing my possible sell price.2.

The population continues to decrease. home buying doesn't necessarilly correspond to population.

You can decrease expenses by looking for efficiencies (ex. more efficient fixtures and materials to save on water and electricity). 

I don't want to get in right before prices or values decrease.

Increasing your down payment by $10k will decrease your monthly P&I by about $50.

He claims you can pay off you mortgage in as little as a few years by putting all your money in this account (which somehow is connected to your mortgage balance) to keep the balance down, thus decreasing daily calculated interest, then pay bills using the checks that come with this account. 

If rent decreases, how much more negative will the property be?  

I'm sure there are members on BP that were at the other end of the spectrum where their net worth decreased because of lost value in a home or actual loss of a home completely.This represents a tremendous amount of buying power loss of the individual.

I will admit it is hard to find a broker that truly understands investment real estate and rehabs, but once you find one your workload will decrease.

My thought process was to buy/build commercial space to move my primary business into, while leasing out the rest </=49%, in an effort to decrease/maintain my current rent level ($550/mo) while building equity in property I own.