Macro Economic Indicators to Inform Investment and Lending Business

[Benjamin Finney]

I'm curious what real estate investors and private money lenders like myself use to inform their businesses strategy and predict future market conditions. I just got done making a YT video on the subject, so it's fresh on my mind. I consider inventory rates, price trends, unemployment data, population growth, job growth all to be relevant to where a market is at and where a market is heading. What trends and indicators do you look at to keep your thumb on the pulse of market health and trajectory?