To list a few...Anyone who wants to increase their property’s income potential (and equity) and build new housing in a market that struggles with high prices, low supply, and few new construction.House hackers who live in their primary and want to airbnb an ADU love this strategy or vice versaInvestors who want to do both long term and short term benefit from having two separate units.Rental Restrictions on ADUs.Thankfully, Raleigh is very STR friendly and ADU friendly right now.

I highly encourage all my tenants to keep open communication with me about any struggles to pay rent, and generally they do.

Conversely, if new houses are being built frequently, older properties may struggle to maintain their value.Property taxes also play a significant role.

The problem many of us run into is being in New England, many of the markets are high cost, high appreciation markets that we either can't get pre qualified for, or even after moving out will struggle to cash flow.Another big constraint is that many of us have W-2 jobs in engineering that require some days in the office, and these types of higher paying jobs are primarily in major cities (most of us are in the Boston area).Lastly, a lot of us have significant others that may be less interested in living somewhere "random" because it makes sense as an investment.

We’ve seen investors struggle when properties are in areas more suited for first-time homebuyers than renters.

That's usually how it goes with lenders that struggle with spelling. 

I'm struggling to understand some aspects of your response, but it provides some things to think about.

Such a bad first impression if the buyer is standing there while the realtor is struggling to open the door.

These tax credits unlocked capital which was deployed to purchase and rehab commercial real estate in struggling downtown areas or help fund small businesses in these qualified zones.

There's certainly been an uptick in available properties over the last few years as some owners have grown tired, new construction is booming in new lots and ones that were lost in fires, & investors who bought in 2020-2022 who may've overpaid and weren't properly set up are struggling.