However, I'm a big proponent of having deliberate processes and taking time to learn before jumping in, so at the moment I'm assembling a group of advisers, reading books, and diverting money into a down payment fund (rather than just moving money, to ensure I give myself time to learn).My goal is to have several thousand in cashflow in 20-25 years (I'm 30).

OR may the current owner knew of the ground rent and deliberately chose not to mention it to the agent. 

I would not deliberately try to profit off someone’s misery .i can’t help the choices they made in life with their income and investments .I’m just saying it’s a natural consequence of not planning and putting their eggs in one basket could result in them becoming renters in a down economy 

Best thing is to move slowly and deliberately so that you don't make a move you regret later.

How effective they are is a completely different story.Not only does the data not validate your claim, in some ways for what you say to be true, that means the federal reserve would have to deliberately (through its policies) try to ensure that inflation remains higher than house prices and that would actually effectively violate their very reason for existence or stated objectives.Again this is very simple, if you have data which shows that inflation has outpaced home prices the last 10, 20, 30 or 40 years, lets see it.

Thank you @Lumi Ispas  for your post I think I will have to consider this but taking on another loan for a down payment on a house to put this plan into action will be have to be deliberated.

Armando -I hope you and others with differing opinions will chime in to participate in any discussions or debates.That said, don't deliberately go and misquote someone with the intention of picking a fight.

Now, I mention this, not to deliberately take this discussion off-topic but instead to ask everyone's about whether or not this is a good time to invest heavily, as there appears to be a push to create inflation.

The kitchen, the most expensive part of a house, has been deliberately outsized and  repositioned to  the middle of the living room while the dining room is often pushed some ways away - for the purposes of boosting profitability - and in my opinion making a mockery of the open plan. 

I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.