Year 0: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^0 / (1 + 5%)^0 ≈ $300 in today’s buying power.Year 5: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^5 / (1 + 5%)^5 ≈ $260 in today’s buying power.Year 10: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^10 / (1 + 5%)^10 ≈ $225 in today’s buying power.Year 15: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^15 / (1 + 5%)^15 ≈ $194 in today’s buying power.So, if you purchase property in a city where rent increases at a slower pace than inflation, the amount of goods and services you can buy will decrease over time due to inflation.Here is what I recommend:Purchase in a city that possesses the following characteristics.Significant and sustained population growth.Rapid and sustained appreciationBalance negative cash flow, interest rate buydown, and increased down payment to create an acceptable cash flow situation today.Refinance when rates fall to increase cash flow.

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With mortgage rates close to 7% and generally soft homebuying sentiment, strength in existing home sales is unlikely to be sustained," said Alice Zheng, an economist at Citigroup.

And a SUSTAINABLE approach to rental property ownership. 

Do you think this trend is sustainable, or could we see a shift in the market soon?

Leasing, technology, interest rates, sustainability, AI, etc?

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Without one, there is a small and remote chance that the existing system of insurance, mortgages and the US housing market as we've known it, is at systemic risk due to; over-financialization, risk aversion and regional fragmentation.

Being a NYC resident (originally from Long Island), the price of entry in the area is on the higher end, so I've been considering some options in the NY Capitol region, as well as NJ and CT.

I've also used traditional loans through regional banks and a few SBA loans.