Are rents decreasing,flat,increasing?

Many, like my sister, are moving back in with family, thereby decreasing the number of households in the market.

The property is a modest home that has decreased in value over that time by over 100k and approximately 30k less than the principle balance on the loan.

Our business plan will anticipate the decrease in occupancy as we move towards repositioning the property and bringing the occupancy up to a stabilized level, which is par for the course in a scenario like this.

But it also gets decreased by the amount of depreciation you take or are allowed to take, whichever is larger.

A macro model likely won't have the granularity to decrease variable costs when vacancies occur.

Some are holding off on buying because they feel they will be caught by increasing inventory and decreasing prices.

Since Feb of this year, occupancy has steadily decreased and currently is the lowest it's been in the past 2 year rent rolls that I've seen.

As your portfolio grows, your need for the reserve decreases because the current cash flow will take care of almost every contingency.

Although, this particular unit has only 1 bath, you decrease the rental price by approx $100-$200 (roughly speaking as it depends on the location/town/city/state) and that'll do it.