., There's definitely a whole lot of movement in the short term with people moving in and out, especially in SF proper.

Secondary and tertiary market movement tends to happen after larger primary markets, and some big cities in the US are starting to see substantial drop offs in home sales figures- Manhattan is down 56% from one year ago and have 31 months!!

Well, couldn't you just include it in some type of ongoing investment to pass on to an heir meaning you would never intend to sell it, but would only use it for perpetual cash flow?

Prices do not increase perpetually, as the ability to pay will eventually max out (don't forget wages have been stagnant).

Some of the unwashed masses want to drag rising rents kicking and screaming into the wealth inequality "movement" and attempt to also link it to "greedy" landlords who supposedly just want to take advantage of poor tenants.  

There seems to me a movement afoot at the state level to prevent cities from establishing their own minimum wages:http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/bill_to_b...

If you are buying at the bottom of a cycle then it would be a safe bet that the movement in that market would be upwards.

We are already seeing movement in this direction to press high leverage lending to educe home purchases. 

I think this whole “cancel rent” movement is getting sensationalized and blown out of proportion to a certain extent because it makes for catchy titles and good “click bait” in the news.

Keeps the property somewhat perpetually upgraded and maintained 5.