Hi @Nick Dunin, the most likely reasons he would sell are toPay off debtSeize the inflated value of the homeGet rid of a bad situationhelp out a new investorThere may be more motivations, but this gives a general sense. 

Combined with lumber, food, housing, gas, it’s obvious that inflation is beginning to ramp up.  

If inflation runs 1 to 3% annually and the total return passively outpaces inflation by a factor of 3 to 4 times with an investment grade tenant then the buyer does not need to invest in riskier stuff with supposedly higher returns.On the flip side I am a sponsor on retail value add deals where investors invest with me passively but need to be accredited.

With impending inflation having debt is actually a good thing since you'll be paying it off with new money and can probably raise the rent every year.

Not simply in terms of negotiations (because a cash buyer looks at the value of the property, while a finance buyer looks at the $Down and $Monthly and right now those are SERIOUSLY on tilt), but also in terms of Currency Risk.Regardless of what we personally think is going to happen as a result of rampant "money printing" and helicopter money economics, the thing we need to understand is that Real Estate > Cash because real estate buoys with the economy it is in (for better or worse), but Leveraged Real Estate >> Cash because you minimize your cash in an investment and use fixed-rate dirt-cheap interest rates to functionally hedge your bets against inflation. 

I spent my first year out of college at one of the big wirehouse brokers and my biggest takeaway was how unnecessarily inflated the cost is to most of the investors (and how much that eats away at their growth potential!).

You are way ahead of the curve @Andres Vanegas If you are concerned about inflation and FED money printing real estate will only take you so far. 

Market is just too hot and inflated.

My opinion is that rates will stay low until the economy is truly strong (not likely) or inflation rears its ugly head (a guarantee).Of course, the question then becomes when will inflation arrive? 

Inflation for one.