Rising interest rates, slowing rental growth and black swans will shrink that ratio back down to 1 in 50-100 and when that happens we'll be licking our chops!!

Low marketing budgeting, seller's market, and shrinking inventory.

Every month that goes by their profits for the year are shrinking.

Gradually, a bigger portion goes to principal, and the interest portion starts shrinking.

On the most fundamental level it comes down to supply and demand - and while we have very strong demand, supply keeps shrinking! 

I've noticed a trend towards longer escrows 21-30 days with the buyer pool shrinking but why? 

Mobile home parks are the only asset class (that I know of) that is shrinking in size and increasing in demand. 

A property that cash flows by definition can't sink your ship.A negative cash flow property 1) will have little appeal to lenders when markets cool,  shrinking your buyer pool and prospects to refinance 2) often encourages borrowers to service the debt from the loan proceeds (due to loose lending and inflated appraisals.)

My only guess is that 40-50 number comes from how many properties investors see, on average, before making a purchase, but that might be just looking on zillow and eliminating it because you know the numbers aren't going to work.My number is closer to 10, and shrinking as I get more experience and know what to expect in certain neighborhoods.

Hello all,I'm thinking of shrinking down my supply of homes.