Inflation is pretty low.

We just put a tourniquet on the problem.High unemployment with no signicant relief in sight, higher interest rates and inflation coming, and of course, Hurricane Obama!

., from the 1890's or so), appreciation has tracked inflation.

Now imagine how much money you lose to inflation since the transction is in Jamaican dollars...

Just because inflation is slowing does not mean we have deflation.

Based on the new value, you should have more than 20% equity, even if it's just because of rising home values.

That's a super interesting data analysis you've found @Carlos Ptriawan, and it really states an argument in and of itself that housing price is NOT all that crazy inflated, given a 5-6% annual appreciation rate, that's not a crazy # at all, it's just that we compressed the realization of all that into a very short window. 

Rental properties can still offer mid/high single digit net rental yields with inflation protection and appreciation upside. 

The real estate market in the DC area is very inflated and out of reach of many beginning investors. 

Hi Russell,So essentially if I'm investing in something like that I am solely banking on continued appreciation and that demand will rise higher correct?