It seems to me that you are also getting the appreciation of the property which would likely bring the ROI into the double digits.

Then if you are worried about the dollar tanking, you convert it to a hard currency like gold coins at face value.Then you sit back, let everything fall apart and when it hits bottom start buying everything in sight with both hands.

In marketing my most recent rental, I placed a carefully worded ad in Craigslist and Backpage, with four digital photos, and I say in the ad I will email more photos upon request.

He started with millions in family money that was in a foreign currency and massive amounts of cashflow from other sources and buys outright for cash.

That was caused by the same fiat currency system and the same over-borrowing that we have today.

The FED is off to the side, busy creating fiat currency and devaluing the US Dollar.

If deflation gets to bad the fed's actions may spark a devaluing of the US currency.

If interest rates get up to double digits (I had a 9% loan on my first house 20 years ago, and had a great deal), they may make more of an effort to call in these loans.

Perhaps if we did not have the Fed, and tied our currency back to gold instead of having a fiat currency.

I like analog over digital better.