Your money in the bank is giving you negative returns by losing buying power due to inflation.

It would be horrible if real estate would outpace inflation!

Or are you job growth, inflation rates, interest rates, or?

(this description excludes other variables such as inflation, mortgage rate drift, etc

I have a salary and a good amount of real estate income.So far I encountered issues as my real estate NET income looks like $0 because of depreciation, and so the DTI looks inflated since I have the corresponding real estate debt.I am looking for 300k HELOC on $1.2M property with $660k mortgage at 3%. 

So needs to purchase for the purpose of cash flow and it will grow with inflation. 

There also might be more rebates for electric these days as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.https://www.rewiringamerica.org/press-release/doe-proposed-g...That being said, in my area, the gas utility will often run the line from the street to the meter on their dime as they want your business. 

Interest rates are fundamentally affected by inflation.

You covered the math above for inflation, now cover the math for when you're bleeding.

Days on market are less as well which shows me that demand is still very much there.With affordability and inflation playing the biggest factors into why a lot of buyers are settling with a condo or townhome to start in hopes of moving up to something bigger and better as the market continues to appreciate and trend upward.I fully anticapte the remainder of this year to be a very busy one with a lot of buyers entering back into the market with talks of rates coming down in the Spring.