Does anyone know if Norada inflates their numbers or have they been found to be accurate?

I know that Hawaii is trying to reign in STRs so I don't want to stray outside of a resort-zoned area, however this means that costs are inflated.

We're also able to evaluate our rates, and keep pace with inflation, on a monthly and quarterly basis because of shorter term leases.Now we syndicate larger self-storage deals and work with passive investors.

If your goal is financial freedom you need an income that meets four requirements:Rent increases faster than inflation: Only if rents increase faster than inflation will you have sufficient dollars to pay inflated prices in the future.Sufficient to replace your current income: You must have sufficient income to replace your current income.Lifelong income: It must continue throughout your life.Low operating costs: Every dollar you lose to operating costs is a dollar less for you to live on.Rents Increase Faster Than InflationWe live on buying power, not a fixed number of dollars.

On Thursday we received encouraging inflation data making rate cuts almost certain by September or November. 

The yield on the 10-year Treasury slid almost 8 basis points (as of writing) hovering at 4.158% following remarks by Fed Chairman Powell on Monday that the central Bank will not wait until inflation has reached its target rate of 2% before cutting interest rates. 

What if I bought a building and held it for 5 years and saved for cap ex every month, kept the money in a savings account at .05% and inflation ran at 3%.  

A book that is 5 years old may not reflect the current mortgage rate or inflated home price market.

Some people will say you can only find BRRRR deals off the MLS and through wholesalers, but my experience is the wholesalers drastically over inflate the projected ARV and you can find similar priced properties on the MLS and their properties generally need a lot more work than they're letting on.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell sounded a bit more dovish in his testimony to Congress, and then the CPI inflation report for June came in lower than expected.