Now, let's talk about one of our favorite topics is rent to income, right?

Ladies and gentlemen, landlords will win in any market.

We've said this all the time, and now rent to affordability.

And this is why real estate is probably one of the best tools that you have to combat inflation

because inflationary times that we have been living in since the pandemic,

aka the pandemic started two years ago, as we see house prices rising,

where owners of real estate are winning, and you see rent to prices are rising,

all at the same time, who's winning.

Rent to arm landlords, homeowners, people who have rental properties.

So guys, although rent growth is moderating, rapid increases throughout the pandemic

have drastically reduced rental affordability.

Zillow and shout out to Zillow for all his data today.

Zillow's rent index pegs typical US rent at $2,084 a month.

That's crazy, with 10% annual growth in September,

down from the record breaking peak of 17.2% in February.

So the month of the month, the growth has declined to a more normal rate of 0.3% from its peak

of 2.2 that we've seen in July 2021.

Now, here we have, Miami is up 51%, down.

Since September of 2019, Miami is up 51%, 49% in Tampa, and 43% in Phoenix, Arizona.

Landlords are winning, ladies and gentlemen, this is why you need to get some rental properties.

They are, and what I'm noticing, and most people talk about the rates,

but we're forgetting that there's a lot of cash buyers or people

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