I may at somepoint consider utilities like energy and water, and how I can become more self sustaining, purchasing stocks is one way I can make my money back, or obtain ownership in what I am spending on in terms of utilities. 

With mortgage rates close to 7% and generally soft homebuying sentiment, strength in existing home sales is unlikely to be sustained," said Alice Zheng, an economist at Citigroup.

And a SUSTAINABLE approach to rental property ownership. 

Hi Scott,You can achieve sustainable growth by investing in high quality, well-managed properties that will generate consistent returns over time.

And, you don't want to rely on a security deposit offset/fight should damages be sustained. 

Investment also spiked in Class A Short-Term Rentals (STR) and investors started paying higher and higher prices based upon anticipated STR rental rates, that exceeded sustainability based upon Long-Term Rental rates (LTR).

No maintenance/cap ex, vacancy, PM, book keeping, asset protection, miscellaneous, etc.his actual cash flow when properly allocating for sustained expenses is a fraction of his advertised cash flow.  

Do you think this trend is sustainable, or could we see a shift in the market soon?

Goodness, @Michael Baum- is that sustainable?

Also, the current system I use for LTR won’t be sustainable as we continue to purchase.