The build-out happening in Seattle is intense and it is mirrored in Bellevue, and the light rail is connecting outlying cities for rapid access (even from Tacoma).  

Cash flow (in theory) should *not* depreciate with inflation because rent should mirror inflation.

First place to look is the aprox. same place as your tenants,,,since most duplexes are exact mirror image. 

@Stephen Chittenden Good point about wage growth not necessarily mirroring inflation

From reading a couple of your other posts, it sounds as if your market is almost a mirror of mine in regards to buy and hold rentals.

You certainly can't lower standards to the point where sub-prime lenders operated a few years ago, to approving anyone who could fog a mirror.

@Brooklyn R.Whether others here agree or not, it's your face in the mirror each morning and as long as your recognise it and its smiling, it was the right decision.

I see the zillow brand is taking off, meanwhile whenever I try to click on something on their site (ie, an estimate on a house in California) it will take me to some other totally unrelated, random page, ie, a house for sale inMissouri instead of taking me to what the hyperlink is described as being.

The definition of happiness is Lima in your rearview mirror.

Also, it appears a lot of people are fleeing the cities so I would expect things to get more normal once covid is in the rear view mirror. ie, the supply will increase and the demand may lighten as well.