Had to come out of retirement to do contract work in order to maintain lifestyle and investments. I don't see that ending soon. We are also talking about regaining what was lost as well, I take it. Since prior investments that were thriving stopped almost immediately. Who writes these questions?

I have rental properties. The rents had to be increased to cover for inflation.

Prices haven't dropped 20 percent. That is the only way they could have rebounded from the 3 year disaster we've experienced.

The inflation has pushed people into higher tax brackets. Everyone lost except the IRS.