Your goal should be to break even or come close in the first year, then let inflation work in your favor for rental renewals and building equity.

This requires an income that rises faster than inflation, or you will not have the additional dollars you will need to pay future inflated prices.What causes rents (and prices) to increase?

I dont know your market but EVERY broker in the world will over promise upside rent and poorly managed (inflated) expenses. do your own DD on both of them and come up with your own pro-forma to evaluate.

Many seller financed deals we see they price was inflated (saw on recently where home didn’t sell for 6 months at 79k so they seller financed it zero down for 99k).

You should be at 5%+ CoC minimum, especially with inflation these days 7%+ is ideal.

CPI measures general inflation for consumers for major individual expenses such as food, gas, shelter, and other basics.

Which, naturally, should be a rare thing if all the numbers are properly analyzed and solid (not made up/inflated ARV in the area no one wants to buy, with fraudulently diminished cost of repairs in hopes of finding a stupid buyer and etc.). 

If potentially interest rates are going up and inflation, always have hard assets like Self Storage.2. 

What stops the person with 51% ownership from…Hiring their spouse to manage the property @ 50% commissionHiring relatives for cleaning/maintenance at inflated prices.Blocking out holidays for their use. etc etc. 

They're facing pressure from all sides due to inflation, especially in essentials like food, housing, and auto insurance.What can we do to assist?