Given supply and demand I'm guessing rental prices wouldn't go down by that much.

This is just how supply and demand works.

Now they have more work than workers so they raise prices (supply and demand).

Here are options including install- 1/ used good condition 3 year old Air handler never opened, 8 year old used compressor, wireless thermostat - $2400 2/ $2700 for 3 year old air handler never opened, 1 year old used compressor, wireless thermostat 3/ 3 year old air handler & wireless thermostat - $17004/ we supply units - he installs them for 1300 5/ everything brand new with warranty and install for $4200Thank you.

Not that it would be the most ideal thing for most people, but if you're idea of paradise is a house overlooking a lake on farm within an hour of a major city, those are in ample supply all over the country for a fraction of California prices.I find that Denver is one of the nicest places I've been. 

Amazon could feed themselves with a steady supply of loans by buying the seller's home through an affiliate so as to capture their mortgage on the buy side.

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in July: Single-family home sales rose 9.1 percent year-over-year, with 8,108 units sold;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes remained unchanged at 48 days;Total property sales increased 8.5 percent, with 9,559 units sold;Total dollar volume jumped 11.4 percent to nearly $2.8 billion;The single-family home median price rose 5.9 percent to $243,500, reaching a July high;The single-family home average price also achieved a July record, rising 2.4 percent to $305,910;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.2-months supply, down fractionally from 4.3 months last July, but nonetheless at the highest level since August 2017;Townhome/condominium sales rose 6.1 percent, with the average price up 6.9 percent to $215,110 and the median price up 9.3 percent to $165,000;Leases of single-family homes fell 1.9 percent with the average rent up 5.6 percent to $1,916;Volume of townhome/condominium leases dropped 6.6 percent with the average rent up 7.7 percent to $1,666.

I didn't really intend on supplying washers/dryers to tenants and it seems every time I have contact with these particular tenants they have a new problem or excuse why they can't pay.

Don't be scared demand way out does supply  in the Bay Area.

Hyper supply 4.