and they are very likely to systematically monitor market rents on a monthly basis and adjust accordingly.The fundamental principle is that if you don't index rent for inflation every year you are essentially giving them a rent reduction.

Dear Tenant,As we're sure you are aware, inflation has increased the costs for all types of goods and services over the last several years.

Is real estate there to be a hedge against inflation?

The cost to replace the tub does seem inflated. 

The goal of real estate investing is financial freedom.Financial freedom requires a rental income that:Increases faster than inflation: Unless rents increase faster than inflation, your true (inflation-adjusted) income will continuously decline, and your time off the daily worker treadmill will be short.

It seems the inflation and maui fire impacted tourism more this year.

Go look at similar listings (size, amenities) on Airbnb or VRBO or wherever you're listed and see what the cleaning fee is for a 2 night stay.Some day you may wish to hire a cleaner, and it will be a rude awakening if you were artificially inflating your occupancy with no cleaning fee and all of a sudden have to add a cleaning fee.On the other hand, while you're still starting out, getting a lot of bookings and reviews right now is the most important time to do it.

The family upgrade, the "just because" bigger home buyer, the empty nester downgrades, the 2nd home, etc are choosing to wait and see, due to news of inflation and interest rates.

Not sure if those properties are closer to the facility, which would be ideal of course. inflation is always going to push values “up”, it’s just more about your strategy and goals for the property.

All these Berkeley/Oaklad/Hayward/Pleasanton has different price range when house is located in flat land and when it's located in the hill.