Even though sales usually pick up this time of year, has anyone else noticed a significant shift in their markets?

I also do buy and hold some on my own and in a second partnership, structured similarly.One thing that helped also is that as we started to scale up a little through the first round of refinancing, we shifted to 100% of cash input from my partner and 0% from me to adjust the balance a little.

How have these industry shifts affected your deal flow, profit margins, and the quality of your connections?

When my health insurance became $1200/month I got a job as a direct support staff at a group home on 3rd shift which has lasted about 15 years and has always allowed me to have many hours per shift to myself to focus on my real estate and learning things.

Overall, the surge in new apartment construction, introducing 440,000 units nationwide, underscored the direct inverse correlation between supply and rent growth in 2023.It is important to note that some markets such as Miami and Detroit have shown resilience posting continued rental rate growth figures indicating a fundamental strength in those markets as well as a secular shift in American demographics.Meanwhile, New York City stays consistent with an unprecedented housing crunch, reaching a 50-year low in rental availability.

Ever since the quick rebound, institutions are adding stabilized properties to their assets that have tenants that have weathered previous economic turmoil.One way the big boy institutions are trying to mitigate risk is by buying properties that performed historically well during challenging economic times.Because *some* DSTs align with that strategy, it gives you an opportunity to shift some of your investment equity into institutional asset classes that would be out of reach for the retail investor with a modest amount of equity to invest.

The Fed will eventually allow interest rates to fall, and all that extra interest showing up in your payment calculations will shift back into the profit column (where it usually hangs out).  

I would have inlcuded in the scope of work they need to provide temporary access OR had them work double shift to get it done faster. 

When I invest in bay area, where the median household incomes and average property values are so high, focus shifts from places meets my criterion than crime and quality of neighborhood.

@Andres Martin, who has informed you that the Atlanta market has been shifting westside, haha.