No matter how well the home is designed and priced, vacationers will click away as soon as they feel like a host is inflating costs. 

If your goal is financial freedom, choosing the right location is the most important investment decision you will make because it affects all long-term income aspects, including:Whether rents keep pace with inflation is crucial.

We are in an environment of one of lowest unemployment, lowest defaults in history and have significant inflation.

Source: OneKeyMLSBrooklynBrooklyn (Kings County) saw a jump in inventory and also had the largest increase in median asking price ($400K) as seen above.Despite increased inventory and seemingly inflated asking prices, properties are selling just as quickly as they were last year.

RE has traditionally been a inflation hedge ... 2% The past 15 years was an anomaly pushed by low interest rates and COVID 

Much less inflation protection.

Despite increased inventory and seemingly inflated asking prices, properties are selling just as quickly as they were last year.

It looks like the appraisal was inflated for more than $40k on 2 properties that I bought to FLIP. 

Additionally, budgets have tightened since a lot of the free money dried up and the fast rising inflation has caught up with consumers causing continued downward pressure on prices and occupancy.

So, how do you invest to (1) take advantage of property price appreciation and/or protect against inflation (devaluation of “fiat” currency) and still protect against a crash?