Alternatively we can assume that it'll cost 75K a year for an employee to manage it, and then add inflation to the wage growth?

In fact, I'd say we are now 1.5 to 2 years late, and prices are at or beyond fully recovered in the rising market.

Please post your thoughts on the following quote:"At a recent conference, rising inequality, new technology that replaces jobs, or neuroscience, or other new developments that could be disruptive to our way of life were discussed.Consumer confidence indices tend to focus mostly on the next six months to a year, as if that dominated people's thought.

Seems like it may be a good opportunity right now with purchase prices that result in a base case with good cash flow where the numbers work even if the area never enjoys significant appreciation, along with potential for upside with above-inflation appreciation.

I read a recent article also that sea level is rising and many coastal areas by beaches could be underwater in the next 30 years.

REOs Are Back on the Rise Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, August 20, 2015 Foreclosure filings were on the rise in July, as bank repossessions rapidly began to tick up, according to RealtyTrac's July 2015 U.S.

The real impact to REI will be interest rates rising...

We've stayed in Lincoln Park, Wicker & High Rise Condo in Hyde Park.  

They are the first to rise and the first to fall.In commercial I am still landing 8 plus cap rates.

I do expect my equity to increase based on inflation and paying principal every month.