I’d love to hear your thoughts, especially if you’ve seen these challenges in your market or have insights into how STR investors can navigate this potential shift.

Just my experience.

Will it expose systemic greed, or will it shift the blame to other factors like housing shortages?

You should sell it but not until the market shifts.

What you want is an agent with experience who knows how to negotiate, watch your back, navigate difficult situations, understand contracts and law, provides an objective cross-check, etc.

Tax structures and mortgage regulations might also shift as canada mortgages are very different.What do you think would happen? 

In my experiences, it really comes down to the tenants that create either a management headache or a super easy investment.

They were selling on pro forma, but the market and the debt market have shifted, and it's aa lot harder to achieve higher pricing with lower rents.We've purchased over 2,000 units, and the simple answer to the question is that they are either mom and pops and run their businesses with ZERO KPIs, they do not want to risk losing tenants if they raise rents, and they don't treat their asset as a business.When you take over, it can be difficult to get rents to market if they are very suppressed.

There are accountants who say that applies to the opportunity to discount sale and/or basis shift to further lower the tax bill.  

In San Antonio, I worked alongside an investor who converted an abandoned office building into modern apartments, leveraging tax incentives for adaptive reuse.The Right Moment to ActEconomic shifts in 2025 present a golden opportunity for innovative investors.