In these instances either "betting on appreciation" or riding the principal pay down and dollar devaluation makes perfect sense.

The way I read that, the seller could at any time in perpetuity come back and devalue the property by removing that structure.It sounds like you need an attorney to advise you on the best course of action, but at the very least, a claim of "adverse possession" is worth looking at.

Rising maintenance fees will devalue your unit. 

And something regular inspectors never do, he assigned anexaggerated rent-reduction dollar value for each violation from the start of each tenancy, with the goal of devaluing the building by hundreds of thousands of dollars for any prospective buyers.

Now I have two assets that are growing, leverage by a currency that is being devalued by the Treasury by the year.

If you're giving them the money back, you remove their risk and you live with the devaluation of your money.In his latest book "Changing world order" Ray Dalio gives an excellent explanation about who takes risk when looking at assets and lending.

Well, you have 2 topics about it, so here's what I answered you on the other one:-----------------------Why the property devaluation was 25% in just one year?

Lower end properties will probably be affected more than luxury properties.3) Devaluation; meaning the purchasing power of your currency deflates relative to world currencies.  

Walgreens with good terms left on the leases trade for 5 to 6 caps.Hard money lenders charge in the double digit for loan rates plus points.In the primary term most pharmacies have flat rent with no increases so the properties cash is actually devaluing every year with inflation.

In future, we will proceed to lower the RRR at a normal pace," he said.Yi said the PBOC planned to keep interest rates at a reasonable level to reduce the corporate debt burden, and noted that interest rate liberalization does not mean that the central bank would reduce regulation of rates.China will also continue to set benchmark lending and deposit rates for some time, he said, but these rates would not restrict market pricing.Data released on Monday showed China's economy in the July-to-September quarter grew 6.9 percent from a year earlier, dipping below 7 percent for the first time since the global financial crisis.Yi noted that China's stock market, which has fallen sharply since June, had completed most of its adjustments and that the yuan, which was buffeted in the wake of a surprise devaluation in early August, had "basically" stabilized."