The only thing that’s changed is that the odds of making a deal continue to decline as transparency in real estate is increased.  

Reason for selling:Property 1: The area has declined, it's more and more difficult to find quality renters although it is currently rented, it sat for about 8 months recently, only day care scammers wanted to rent there, and it has an under ground oil tank for heating that makes me nervous.

From 2008 - 2011 residential house prices in Miami, Las Vegas and Phoenix DECLINE 60-65%!  

I have noticed a real decline in peoples manners, focus and common sense especially in the last ten years.

I bet they have applied to other properties, and have been declined.

She said, maintenance did not know how to patch Hardie board (the siding appeared to be wood), and the new renters did not care about them, so they just left them (Caulk and Spackle did not exist for this maintenance person I guess).She said a couple of other units were the same way (I thought WOW--Dodge City).I asked her to come and finish my outside walk with me and point out the other bullet hole units--she declined, and said she was afraid of some of the renters.So I went back out, (there were two of us, and we looked a lot more like Five-oh then she did, so we expected they would not try anything with us).About three minuted into our walk we spotted another apartment with bullet holes, and it looked like someone had taken a bic lighter and held it against one of the holes (char marks) to burn the building down, but was unsuccessful.)We were standing there talking about this char mark situation, when a couple of buildings away we heard two shots, and then another two--real fast--bang-bang, bang bang.We just left and texted her on the way out, we were off the property, and thanks....And both agreed this was not a property we wanted to get involved with.We thought it was class C but it was class D (Dangerous).I didn't feel safe until we were inside a Wendy's many miles away having Chili.

pid=1977Houston Real Estate Highlights in August, 2023:-Single-family home sales were down 3.8 percent year-over-year, the 17th consecutive month of slowing sales volume, however there continued to be signs of overall improvement to the local housing market;-The 3.8 percent decline is the smallest since the market registered a 0.8 percent drop in May 2022;-Compared to August 2019, before the pandemic, sales were down 8.0 percent, and compared to August 2018, five years back, they were down 4.5 percent.

Even if you think you've found a loophole on paper, the plan reviewer handling your case has the power to decline it and they will just rewrite their rules on the spot to close the loophole.

The decline of areas like Monessen, like so many of the towns along the Monongahela, has been due the area's dependency on an industry that drastically declined. 

Rents are on the decline.