So I've emailed a home path approved mortgage company but reading the forums now has me spooked.

I am originally from Ukraine and there is a certain language barrier for me.

Could just be that rents haven’t been raised in years, but it has spooked me a bit and kept me from pulling the trigger. 

One of the workers was spooked by the incident.

War in Ukraine, War in Taiwan, War in North Korea, Covid-25, serious change in election results, China economy collapse, maybe a change or advancement in AI that wipes out IT middle/senior managers or some other industry like health care. 

Hello,With all that is going on right now with the War in Ukraine.

During his last speech, Fed Chairman Powell indicated that the board would likely increase the Fed Funds Rate by 1/2% by the end of 2024, that spooked the market and drove Treasuries, which drive mortgage rates up.

> I spoke with a property management company and she was helpful but I just don't think I can do this.Is there something she said that spooked you?

No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms.

The war in Ukraine, supply ripples from the COVID Pandemic, and years of quantitative easing sent materials, labor, and just about everything else into volatile upward price swings.