We were overseas in Okinawa.... and I don't know anyone who bought... there might have been, but I only knew renters (and we had to pay in cash monthly... that was a pain!). 

So by finally hitting that bruising pain point, that means light at end of rate tunnel. 

Ideally, rates will be a bit lower and will help psychologically.

I grew up in Pittsburgh so doing some in PA in the future may be of interest in the future.

Insurance has been a pain lately.Our last company claimed we had peeling paint at our stained cabin.

And then dealing with the 20% of residents who cause 80% of your time to be used - what a pain.

We managed to deal with all the wear and tear issues without too much pain, even the toddler. 

I'm also focussing more on raising private capital for EU/US syndications, partnerships and ventures, since we all have the same pain in missing the last major puzzle piece when it comes to closing a deal. 

Bottom line is it's a pain in the butt and in some areas you have to escrow money for those items (see the escrow column in attachment below).  

Whole $ does not need to be "expensive", just the action of experiencing significant rent increases consecutively creates a psychological feeling of "expensive", even though the whole $ may be actually cheap in market whole $ sense.