Use that number as your comparison for what it would cost if you bought a multifamily rental.Second, mortgage rates are higher than they were (and more where they'd normally be, the last ~15 years had them artificially low) and house prices are higher, so don't look at what people did 10 years ago. 

Which then leads to the fed keeping rates artificially higher than they should be.

I can see doing this for kids or close relatives but strangers.. dont think so.. to me its just another one of those totally grey areas  that maybe legal but ethics come into play.. artificially raising someones credit ?? 

Thinking of ways to artificially leverage with cash only.

Final point, for those savvy investors or second-home buyers who can find the pockets of Colorado that do allow them, you're getting an STR in a market where competition is artificially capped.

Lack of user-friendly platforms to facilitate transactions could be artificially constraining the market.

For some the psychology of having no loan works - they still have the property tax (which is artificially low from Proposition 13) and insurance payments (which is increasing from wildfire risks and some major companies not taking on any new clients). 

People think history determines the future or create an artificial two way on how the future will play out--not sure why or what or where that comes into play.

It alleged that the NAR and several major real estate brokerages artificially inflated commissions, with the requirement that sellers pay both the listing and buyer agents' commissions.

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