Elizabeth Ayoola

What's likely to get more expensive right now?

That gives me some time to budget.

You mentioned plastics, Ana, and that covers a lot of the everyday household items that we use.

Cars have been expensive in recent years, but prices were starting to ease, no?

Yeah, that's right, Sean.

Rather than reacting to every headline, keep a long-term perspective for weathering uncertainty.

More in a moment.

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Becca and partner, welcome in advance to Texas, where I am now located.

Now to help us answer Becca's question on this episode of the podcast, we are joined by our go-to nerd whenever we talk about managing rental properties, Lisa Green.

Welcome back to Smart Money, Lisa.

As Sean was reading the question, it took me back to a couple years ago when I was leaving Florida.

I was renting a condo, and the landlord wanted to get rid of it, and they wanted to sell it to me.

And as I was doing my research, because I was like, maybe this is a good opportunity for me to get into real estate and rent it out.

Exactly what you said, Sean, the value can appreciate pretty slowly.

So that was a risk that I wasn't willing to take.

Lisa, what would you say are some risks that you see with this option that Becca wants to take one of the options?

Can I count myself as one of those renters?

Minus Ayo.

The blinds, I find scissor cuts in them.