Otherwise, you're more in an appreciation market where your value comes as prices continue to rise in the metro area. 

High rise housing doesn't work either unless you want that war zone again. 

All I can imagine is a lot of blight hitting many rental units when the costs to maintain rise beyond the capacity to finance that maintenance.  

Attention spans diminish and greed rises.  

We anticipate that demand for mid-scale extended-stay rooms in this tertiary market of Raleigh will continue to rise over the next 5-10 years, as Johnston County is the fastest-growing county in North Carolina.

This requires an income that rises faster than inflation, or you will not have the additional dollars you will need to pay future inflated prices.What causes rents (and prices) to increase?

Anyone can "fight" this as much as they can "fight" the sun rising or setting.

I find in these locks that there is too much possibility of a deadbolt not cycling all the way, or if there is a slight bit of tension on the deadbolt from temperature swelling or what have you, then it wears out the battery and motor faster.  

One theory is climate change and sea level rise is being priced into the market, perhaps moreso going forward. 

There's a notable article in the Telegram and Gazette about the spike in demand at food pantries, "Food assistance: Demand at food pantries spikes as rents increase and wages do not".
It's safe to say that the majori...