This imbalance intensifies buyer competition, driving up home prices as demand outstrips supply.2.

Entire US industries have been decimated due to an exploitative trade imbalance.

Like any market, when there's a supply:demand imbalance the supply then oversaturates it and this is what you get.

To create rental income that enables financial freedom, you need a location that meets specific criteria.Rents increase faster than inflation: Prices and rents are driven by the imbalance between demand and supply.

“I do not agree that appreciation is a function of chance.Appreciation is driven by the imbalance of demand and supply.

Nine  states are COMMUNITY PROPERTY STATES, where all property accumulated during the marriage, OR the INCREASE in value of existing separate property (property accumulated prior to the marriage), is considered community property which can only be divided 50/50, UNLESS the division is made to offset some other imbalance .  

Most of the landlord unfriendly laws like rent control etc. end up reducing supply, contributing to a supply/demand imbalance and increasing appreciation potential while reducing turnover.

Personally, I generate steady cash flow through rental income from workforce housing and multifamily properties, but the value really comes from the appreciation that takes time but is happening, especially in markets like Dallas, where property values are rising steadily due to a major supply demand imbalance.

This is mostly just a talking point as giving away federal land isn't a quick fix for the current housing supply and demand imbalance.

When supply is decreased, prices rise because of the imbalance with demand.