I am getting increasingly serious about purchasing an office building here in Denver in the next few months. 

Your situation is different than the majority of people on the boards and the general population; you have a paycheck for life. 

Rents for long term have been steadily increasing for years here, but you're right, they do top out at some point.

I do not think they are sketchy is just that they do not go by all of the state regulations and they might charge you a cancellation fee or increase rates more often.

@Brian Quo50k increase per year on say a 1million dollar house is 5%.

@Calvin Thomas Grant funding I think will actually increase prices as the grant money comes from taxes so you are paying it anyway.

Market in a MinuteEast Tennessee home sales decreased 7.8% from the previous month, and decreased 1.0% from a year ago.The median sale price was $371,250 — up 9.19% from the previous year.Total housing inventory increased from the previous year – up 38.3% from a year ago.Half of the homes sold were under contract in 20 days or less, up from 11 days a year ago.40.55% of homes sold for the asking price or above, with 18.77% selling for more than the asking price. 8.04% sold for at least $10,000 over asking and 2.88% sold for at least $25,000 over asking price.The sale-to-list price ratio decreased from last month to 97.5% – down from 97.9% a year ago.New construction represented 12.36% of total home salesData Deep Dive: How's the market?

These may cost $20-50 a month but will pay for itself and more with the increase in profitability you have.

So I actually started off doing PPL but after a couple of months of using them the price exponentially increased.

Looking back 10 years this complex had dues increase for most years at around 3% but for 2023 it was 18% and 2024 19%. 30+ year old complexes really start wearing down and many times were not the highest quality construction.