The review board agreed to lower the value a bit more but agreed with allegations by appraisal district that my purchase was not “an arms length transaction”I purchased the home as anyone could have and had no prior relationship with seller, HUD.I have on a number of occasions gotten values reduced with a recent sale price as evidence.I’m thinking of going to arbitration or district court.

This will reduce the amount of capital you need immediately.On the back end, even if the market was to crash, you would still have another unit (or 3) to continue to pay you rent every month.

I can't find anywhere that they are stated.I'd also like to be able to search by date range and state.Something like "Subject To+Lease Option+AZ+TX+01/01/2019-06/10/2019" returning all results that include Both Subject To and Lease Option in Arizona & Texas for the date range Jan 01 2019 - June 10 2019" Seems to me it would actually reduce hits to the servers by simply getting the pertinent information to the request rather than having to try multiple ways to get the information I'm looking for.

.-  Cash on Cash returns are going to be tighter than planned, especially if I have to reduce rent.  

The best way to get free of reviews -  increase demand and reduce supply.If you get more bookings than you can handle, then who cares about an occasional 4 star review (if it's not your fault, not a fixable problem - like a 4 out of 5 star on location!! 

2) Incase of an economic recession , do prices of commercial RE drastically reduce?

I'm looking for options to reduce the utility cost.

Also the tenants living habits should be a cleaner environment both inside and outside thereby reducing cleanup costs vs. the first property.

But for the vast majority of investors over the long term the reduced risk that comes with diversification is wise and pays off for them.

Sellers are paying closing costs, reducing prices, and even buying DOWN the interest rate for the buyer.