We aren't increasing rents on one building - because we are planning to bulldoze it the moment the Fed fund rates get in the low to mid 4s. 

then when you are ready you can sell it and do it again and dont pay capital gains up to $500k because you lived in it for 2 out of the past 5 years. right now the market is at its peak the only thing keeping it high or going up is that the fed keeps lowering rates. 

The grass on the other side needs to be REALLY green to leave the grass you're on already. 

Their earning yield now can't even exceed CD rate for the very first time in history.One billionaire statement is true though that the biggest victim of Fed policy is the US goverment itself becoz they have to pay 40% interest with increased budget deficit. 

The fed lowering the rates in the future (no matter how long that may be) or even a change in their language during fed meetings that hint at a reduction can cause a surge in demand thus increasing property prices even more. 

But I would hate to pay off most of the mortgage and then have the Fed cut rates down to 2% next year if we finally get the long awaited recession.

IMO: Stronger than preferred inflation data and a robust labor market (unemplyment remaining low / strong consumer) = Fed does not cut rates in March.

Yes I believe rates are going up 25 bps once or twice more before end of year based on the feds plan to control inflation. 

With the Feds raising rates some of them will have problems rolling over debt.Many libraries will have a copy of Value Line Investment Survey.  

But with mass layoffs at huge companies poping up every week, the fed continuing to raise rates and forecasting more rate raises, and the potential for a large number of people being overleveraged in debt...