In subsequent years, they can then increase the amount by the rate of inflation.

Odds are your architect knows what they are doing and, more importantly, knows how to handle the bs that city officials through around.

The odds that a turnkey purchase like this will really cash flow 10k/month after mortgage + taxes/insurance, capex, repairs, vacancy, lawn care, possible utilities, property management, etc. is slim to none. 

Housing Supply Crisishttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST#> all time low rates> low starts, historically low starts for the last 10 years> supply low> inflation in building material costsQuestions> How do these starts over the last 10 look when corrected for population growth, are they really that low?

That seems odd to me. 50,000 will only buy a small property in a very bad part of town.

If you feel your listing is getting stale, odds are you are overpriced.

So if we are year 16 you are making $100k(hopefully more due to inflation & so forth lol) plus the $200k.

I think he is referring to holding cash during a time when some form of inflation seems inevitable.

But this story seems odd. 

Because the appreciation due to the inflation would be mine, not the banks?