I’m 19 years old, based out of the Tampa, Florida which currently has a very crazy market due to inflation and numerous other variables.

We also live 45 miles away from the property, so I had to make something like 25 separate trips to the house - I ended up taking an inflatable mattress to the house and staying there for a few weeks to speed the process up and stop all the driving back and forth. 

You are still borrowing BELOW the current rate of inflation - lots of reasons to do that.It's just like if you were a business owner - hiring a new employee is an expense.  

Inflation is at 7%.

Only thing I see is flipping, and parking money to fight inflation.

However, I have a lot of confidence 15 years from now the price of San Diego RE will be higher priced than today even accounting for inflation. 

You are going to see higher rates due to the artificially inflated real estate market that stemmed from COVID. 

Inflation is higher than your interest, then maybe look for a smaller home as an investment rental.

In addition, the Central Bank of the United States, named the Federal Reserved (or “The Fed”), was already established in 1913, and it began open market treasuries sales and rates hike to tame rising inflation.

Looks like I'll be hiking rent bigly in a few months when the lease is up.How's renter demand in your area? Still high, even with rent hikes?The math still works out. I might lose $600 vacancy, but net $2000 extra on ...