Here are a few key points to consider:- **Days on Market**: Yes, the days on market have been decreasing.

And, then, as time passes, because the lifetime of the lease decreases, the real value of the property actually decreases towards 0 until the lease gets renewed and there's absolutely no guarantee that it will.

The property must generate $5,712 ($9,037 - $3,325) more cash flow annually to compensate for the higher operating costs in Texas.Overhead costs have a large impact on cash flow.Property Price GrowthAccording to Zillow:Average San Antonio single Family home prices decreased by 2.9% YoY.Average Las Vegas single-family home prices increased by 6.5% YoY.San Antonio and Other Texas CitiesThe challenge with San Antonio's appreciation and rent growth is its unlimited room for expansion.

Hard money lending is a possibility, but that decreases my cash flow.

The biggest rent decreases were seen in Nashville (-4.8% YoY), DFW (-4.0%), Denver (-4.0%), and Austin (-3.7%).

Now however, due to all prices going up and the decreasing in purchase power of the populous, the market has soften and slowed down a bit. 

Margins getting thinner.ADRs have actually decreased significantly in my market (Denver) since 2022.

It depends on where you are on the investing phase, everyone will be in a different part and have differing opinions.I was in the growth phase a couple years so I looked to take on more debt to build my portfolio.I accumulated a lot of wealth after all the appreciation over the past 5 years.I am now looking to decrease my debt.Once the debt is paid down, I will be able to get an increase in monthly cash-flow that would have went to interest / principal paydown.Remember the goal is a comfortable living situation and not to acquire more rentals(or another job).

Average tenant stay of over 5 years.7 evictions in 17+ years out of >1,000 tenants.Income reliability: Our clients had zero decrease in rent and zero vacancies during the 2008 financial crash.

Bonus depreciation will decrease to 40% next year, but we are hopeful to see the bill passed to extend the 100% bonus deprecation in the future.