China buys a LOT of US Bonds, driving interest rates higher if they react Trade wars can raise interest rates because they drive inflation, and the Federal Reserve is as allergic to too much inflation as I am to shellfish, and interest rate increases are their tool of choice.China is the biggest holder of US notes.

FYI, they inflate the costs on the warranties as well, depends on the year, make & model of the car but each one has a different base cost and I could charge whatever I got away with and the dealership profited the difference.

My assumption would be that vacancy rates may be somewhat inflated due to summer vacation, but I’m not sure.Are there any good educational materials on state-by-state pros/cons?

And you won’t be paying inflated prices for all your materials and trades.

Inflation rises each year generally and the menu's pricing usually keeps going up.So for instance if there was 3% bonus to landlord in additional rent above 1,000,000 in annual sales and not adjusted for inflation it should be easier for tenant to hit that number each year as the burger meal goes from 7.00 to 7.25 to 7.50 etc.

Over the next year, Zillow predicts an additional 7% increase.From 2010 to 2016 per capita income growth (not adjusted for inflation) in the Columbus metro area was 25% versus 21% in Cincinnati, 21% in Cleveland, and 22% in the United States as a whole.I help a lot of investor build rental portfolios here in Columbus Ohio 2-4 family rentals and a few commercial 5+ unit rentals buy and hold.

Sometimes I have done very little to it, and feel a guilt of inflated price.

Be honest with yourself that you're betting on price appreciation and hedging against inflation because the neighborhoods with a large share of 30-somethings renting or owning in it that are fairly safe are going to be about break-even with rent prices at best.

The direct consequence is that our initial cash-neutral property just became CF positive in Year 2 and it will keep improving year after year (as long as you can increase rent in line with inflation, and that expenses also follow the same pattern).

I have seen a lot of flippers in my area lose money, or not make much,  because they inflated the ARV and/or didn't account for market changes over time.