In a normally functioning market, you won’t find a lot of people willing to pay $2500 in rent if they could buy and have their payment be $2000.That environment, in the old days, led investors to focus on other segments.  

Biden (just one 'n') has a lot more on his plate than to worry about our segment of real estate.

Further Crowding that segment of the market.

My career has been in various businesses, and several roles in management.The analytical skills honed in system design and analysis have helped greatly in deal analysis, market segmentation, and building analysis tools and knowing how to leverage technology.The management roles have helped greatly with people skills, patience, long-term planning, business concepts, financial planning, organization, prioritization, and learning how to relate to people at different levels of an organization and in society.

Sac is a large enough city that you could tap into the executive crowd and connect with a certain segment/s of renters such as @Pearce G. mentioned.

I find this to be a great indicator for rents in my segment.

How many jobs are being created and what segments of the market are those jobs in?

You can lower the risk as a lender, by doing things like:-Only lending at low LTVs-Only lending to experienced individuals-Only lending to individuals with significant assets and a personal guarantee-Only lending on real estate that requires little or no rehab or other work-Only lending on cash-flowing assets that would continue to cash flow if foreclosed onWhile this may lower the rate you lend at a bit, I think you'll still find some very healthy returns, since most of the competition is in the higher rate, riskier segments of the marketplace.

hoarding pigs come from every segment of society.

The homes that appeal to our target tenant segment are priced between $320,000 and $475,000.