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For instance, if your rent is $1000/Mo and the annual inflation rate is 5%, the buying power of $1000 will decrease to $950 next year.

If I tried to start today with the same funds I had back in 2018 I would probably own about 10 doors.In my opinion, it is really not a great time to be getting real estate (broadly speaking) - which when you think about it is the whole reason why the Fed cranked up rates - to slow down the economy, inflation, housing sales & price increases, etc.   

Land values have been inflated to ridiculous levels lately.

Stick to the facts, not propaganda and emotions.Our economy is seeing real job and income growth past inflation for the first time in decades, by the way.

But the upside is also much bigger than saving money in the savings account and lose it through time due to inflation and no tax benefits.

There is no worksheet out there that will tell you whether investment A will be better than Investment B without factoring in risk.Sponsors can inflate the 'projections' to however, they see fit. 

When there is no realtor involved, it could be fine, but it could be disguising the fact that there would be fraud going on or that the purchase price doesn't equal market value (i.e. two related people selling a property one to another at an inflated value, etc.)

So in real life, project cash flows shouldn't grow much more than inflation once it's been stabilized. 2) When you refinance, you're increasing your debt service burden.

Price wise, houses in the area mostly follow (roughly) national inflation rates.