It will also help you avoid lifestyle inflation during these formative years of your investing career!

Knowing that there is risk no matter what you do (sit on the cash, lose to inflation, bad investments loose the $$ ) so I am still on the fence about the right balance. 

A couple of year ago they also decided to cap the rent increase guideline, so it cannot be above 2.5% in any year, no matter how high inflation is.Also, I'm not sure how it is in BC, but in Ontario a tenant needs to be given 90 days notice of a rent increase, and it must be on the form prescribed by the LTB or it isn't valid.

Your lucky if you match inflation.

If the property doesn't appreciate at or above the rate of inflation, your equity loses value.Some folks want the "warm fuzzies" they think they'll get by not having a house payment beyond a monthly property tax set-aside.

Suggestion - find out if any correlation between residential real estate / comodities (oil, metals) / inflation / $ value exsist...overall or for state of your choice ?

After inflation you're often times getting negative returns on the 100k to keep it liquid. 

Inflation causes the workers that are maintaining the property to charge more for the same work.Basically, I don't raise rents.

.- He may manage in such a way as to inflate short-term net by making long-term sacrifices, for example using a shoddy/cheap repair person.I'm an out-of-state owner myself, and I've got a number of property managers that work for me.

Seems like a crappy/risky ROI to me.For those who have cash sitting in a bank earning a negative return vs inflation, buying something now and sitting on it can give them regular monthly income, most of which would be written off by the tax advantages of rental properties.