Here’s how it works:Population Decline or Stagnation: If the population is static or shrinking, the current housing supply meets demand, and property prices decline (in inflation-adjusted dollars).

(They both shrink your pool or buyers and combining them really shrinks the pool.)Assuming you don’t plan to do a 1031 exchange you’ll also pay higher taxes if you can’t spread them over two calendar years, but not much. 

The government then keeps raising taxes to compensate for the shrinking tax base to fund their bloated civil servant pensions.

If you dont sort out your global cashflow, this may only prolong the inevitable at the expense of your equity.Option 2 would be leave CA and shrink your balance sheet by selling the properties and paying off the CC debt.

So, even as the Fed lowers the Federal Funds rate, and as we see the spread between the 10-year treasury yield and the 30 year mortgage rate shrink, upward pressure on the 10-year from longer-term foundational pressures will see mortgage rates tick up or or at least hold steady.While this is neutral/slightly negative news for home buyers, it is very bad news indeed for our friends in the commercial real estate world, who are really seeing the best case scenario for the 10-year right now.

Since Dave Freeman is the lead partner in the project, Neal gave $600K worth of his profit shares to Dave Freeman (both as a thank you for Dave, who spent over a year getting McGuire and their money in) and as an incentive for Dave to continue spending time on the project, despite the general partner pie shrinking.

An interesting trend in the senior housing industry is that the average stay for a senior in a traditional institution is shrinking due to the costs of the services.

Keep in mind though you are after Quality lumber and value and not Mass wood.As the trees get older the amount of "Live Wood" starts to shrink, thus more Quality wood.  

then manage them remotely.you also noted you want an STR, which is going to shrink the inventory that is viable for you and also increase the amount of competition you have.you may want to read these threads:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...i invest in Pittsburgh, and I would tell you: DON'T invest in Pittsburgh unless you're willing to come here in person and build your network. 

I think wholesaling the way it has been taught is going to shrink over time given new legislation and laws on the activity..