Overpriced rent rates, price gouging.

With all due respect, this seems like an unjustified rant that is purely self-serving. During the two years of the worst of the pandemic, when local accommodations had to lower pricing in order to bring in business and still have less occupancy, I didn't see corresponding comments about how local landlords had lowered their pricing too much and that they should be paid more than they were asking. On the contrary I remember reading many comments about the good deals and of all the availability. While there were some generous people who attempted to support locals during those times by sending cash without reciprocal service, the vast majority of people either decided to stay home without paying anything to local landlords or to take advantage of the much lower rates being offered. If the landlords you are encountering are charging "unreasonable" rates then they won't get business and then you should be able to negotiate a better deal for yourself. If, however, they are renting them out at the prices that they are asking then maybe it is your expectations that are unreasonable. I know places in the non-tourist neighborhoods with air conditioning and hot water that can be had for as low as 3,000 pesos a month. I doubt they would meet the "tourist quality" that you are looking for but the options exist if price is of greatest concern to you. It seems unreasonable to me that someone would expect "no or little price increase" in an environment where general inflation in Mexico is running at over 7% for a wide variety of basic necessities.