So change is constant.And our housing prices are spiking most in areas where demand is high but we have put artificial caps on housing supply.But there's a third piece, and that gets to the real heart of the emotional response to gentrification and a lot of the clumsy conversation around race and privilege that has been happening in this thread.

I would look at 2017-2019 and use those years to compare and throw 2020-2022 in the garbage as those years are artificially inflated

Everything else is either 1) a corollary of a core principle or 2) noise and artificial barriers to entry.While I certainly appreciate being scrappy and hustling and trying to get into deals with nothing, it's just not something I'm interested in doing.

We are ramping up on additive manufacturing and approaching the tipping point on about 5 technologies (sensors and networks, artificial intelligence, ever increasing cost/performance of chips, robotics, and synthetic biology).

We're definitely in a bubble here in Charleston, but it isn't necessarily artificial.

That will not allow mortgage rates to drop.In short... this is what happens when the economy is artificially stimulated for longer than is should be. 

I want to cash out at the age of 115 and use the cash to buy artificial organs to live forever, lol.

Even 5% annual compounding is $3.5m in 30 years.I don't know what you'll be able to do or plan on doing, but my main point is to focus on how deals can go wrong or how a deal can be plumped up artificially with a few small tweaks in underwriting so you can properly decide if a deal is right for you or not. 

It's a temporary delay.Additionally, if you are benefitting from Government backed debt, that is artificially cheap because of the implied guarantee, then you have to accept the strings that come along with it.

It all depends upon your preferences, but Fayetteville's lower price points and artificially high demand for rentals makes it a strong candidate for cash flow.