Labor, food, lease, and theft will make or break any restaurant whether that is a quick service restaurant or a full sit down type with medium to higher end type dishes.Because of crops and droughts many types of food prices are inflating heavily and prices are not going up to maintain profits.

I estimate real values based on taking '00 prices, and adjusting for inflation.

and higher inflation.

So, the Fed rate cuts may actually cause mortgage rates to go up PLUS cause runaway inflation.

I believe International market is on the rise right now and people are looking for trained professionals in the field.

Also, his next forecast was while everyone is fearing Inflation, he says it is actually going to lead to Disinflation and eventually Deflation...

There are also Australian companies that provide finance for properties in the US, but again the interest rate is fairly inflated, typically around 8.00% and over so again it is not really worth it for us.Anyone have any ideas on how we can get around this hurdle?

Didn't do adequate rent comps.Didn't have a solid management plan.Trusted an old friend far too much (real estate agent on hard times).Bought on emotion, trusting the market to continue to rise rather than on solid investment principles.  

I would assume that interest rates are much higher due to higher inflation rates and the currency being less stable. 

Easy, luxury high rises are being completed and sales are closing escrow.