The fact that my properties are in LLC is not helping either as it shrinks the available lender pool even more.I'll be happy even with a HELOC on an investment property.

You can get the same date from most Chamber of Commerce simply asking if a market is growing or shrinking over a set period of time.

The universe of qualified buyers/borrowers does not shrink or expand based on financing arrangement.  

But know that after you get multiple properties and start getting some economies of scale, the aggravation shrinks relatively and the effort really starts to pay off.

With interest rates going up the buyer market will shrink and the rental market will increase.

Fieldstone foundations with poorly maintained pointing - a super highway for rodents and a virtual waterfall for water intrusion.Mold/mildew as a result.Cedar post supports, which shrink a tiny bit per decade, but add up enough decades and your floors are out of level.Posts replaced with adjustable lally columns. 

As long as clients are expanding their portfolios, we can typically push taxes off, but if they stop their growth or shrink their portfolio, there will be a time we now have to pay the taxes due.Hope that makes sense!

It will quickly become apparent if the city is growing (such as Denver, Austin, Jacksonville, etc.) or shrinking (small towns, many cities in the midwest and rust belt).

But the point is it seems like your tenant pool shrinks but your gross rent stays about the same and the purchase price is greatly decreased i.e. 30 to 50k instead of 120 to 140k for a condo.

One-horse "college towns" could be in trouble when the biggest employer shrinks by 10-20-50% or goes away completely.