A lot of this extra money in circulation has made its way into the STR market so this could remain for years as just the price of doing business with inflated rates.The bad: There is no way around supply and demand.

I kept waiting for him to talk about the upcoming real estate crash, but all I heard was that it's time to buy more to hedge against inflation.  

We will generally look for population growth, job growth, industrial diversity, rising rents, and falling vacancies to get started.

I've lived through the Cuban missle crisis, the assassination of John Kennedy, the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the assassination of Martin Luther KIng, the Cold War, the "Jump the Shark" of Fonzi, the gas lines of the early 1970's, the Watergate crisis, the end of Gilligan's Island, hyper inflation, Jimmy Carter's "Malaise", race riots, hurricanes, earth quakes, 9/11, 2000 crash, 2008 crash, good grief, I can't go on, too many to mention.Yep, the economy survived, I'm still here, the world moved on ( except for walkmans now selling for $32,000) and nowhere was I promised a free ride or an easy life.As they say in "Men in Black" "Kay: "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they do not know about it!"

The reality is, when you're all done and in the refinance part, single family properties are underperforming at their current value and recent rise in rates.

Thirty-three (33) tracts went on market in June '22, sold out within 6 months, despite rising interest rate environment in 2nd half 2022.

That is luxury high rise condo / rental territory or a Green Hills/ Forest Hills/ Belle Meade / Oak Hill home and usually those are Million + homes with plenty of amenities. 

Creative FinanceWith rates rising, creative finance has become even more prolific.

But it really makes makes you think and appreciate other benefits of real estate that often go under appreciated (for example, how a fixed loan is a great hedge against inflation)

If and when high inflation hits having 25 years of low fixed rents (even if from an "A" tenant, will not allow you to participate in the important inflationary protection aspect of property ownership.