These numbers make great sense with inflation and rates data.How can I use these numbers as a gauge for how much to project rental growth over the next few years?

Record inflation and the general disastrous state of the country/world will get some people to think twice before pulling the trigger on a large purchase like a house.I doubt it will make any serious or professional investors slow down though...every market has it's opportunities.....

I also had a very close associate who did well on a few and then got stuck in one where for some freakish twist had his cashiers check, and the property, tied up for nearly 2 years before actually received the property, which had additionally degraded with the time, so reno costs inflated.

As we were was needing to buy it through my recently created TX-based LLC, out of state vacation home purchase, and on the coast of Florida, the insurance requirements and massively inflated, loan costs, and high-interest rates, IT just didn't make any sense at all to borrow from a traditional lender, and we were looking to deploy the cash fairly quickly.

As we were was needing to buy it through my recently created TX-based LLC, out of state vacation home purchase, and on the coast of Florida, the insurance requirements and massively inflated, loan costs, and high-interest rates, IT just didn't make any sense at all to borrow from a traditional lender, and we were looking to deploy the cash fairly quickly.

The Fed is still trying to battle inflation, so that's a big factor in all this. 

I saw a bunch on the south side of Chicago with 20% inflated prices and cap rates that assume the tenants consistently pay rent and don't factor in the increased wear and tear of D class tenants.

@Dave Meyer Will inflation, higher interest rates, and low supply ultimately price out many millennials that are in the prime buying ages?

Due to the home price inflation and rising interest rates, buyer's need to feel as if they are getting somewhat of a deal.

Hoping to repeat the process, we opened escrow with a smaller property in the same community, but the math shows we will be losing about $300/month for the first year or two due to interest rates/inflation of home prices in the area.