Year over year stats are going to look scary.

In my market recent stats indicate about 11 years.

I get up at 5 something most mornings, and I'll sometimes sit for up to an hour while drinking a few cups of coffee in the dark, just thinking about things... mentally turning over plans and examining ideas in a free-form manner.More commonly I hear people talk about prayer/meditation in the mornings.. and I do that too, but I feel like I get a big benefit just from unstructured rumination. 

will give you some stats on demand for the area.

Also some things to take a look at could be the census website as they track all of those things pretty accurate and are releasing interesting graphics and stats all the time.

Economic forecast — available on requestApril Stats Unemployed — https://www.twc.texas.gov/news/texas-unemployment-rate-128-percentMay Stats Unemployed — https://www.twc.texas.gov/news/texas-unemployment-rate-130-percentJune Stats Unemployed — https://www.twc.texas.gov/news/june-texas-unemployment-rate-falls-86-percentJuly Stats Unemployed — https://www.twc.texas.gov/news/texas-unemployment-rate-falls-80-percent-julyMarch Job Growth — https://www.austinchamber.com/blog/04-21-2020-job-growth-unemploymentApril Job Growth — https://www.austinchamber.com/blog/05-26-2020-job-growth-unemploymentMay Job Growth -https://www.austinchamber.com/blog/06-23-2020-job-growth-unemploymentJune Job Growth — https://www.austinchamber.com/blog/07-21-2020-job-growth-unemploymentJuly Job Growth — https://www.austinchamber.com/blog/08-25-2020-job-growth-unemploymentDeemed Essential — https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/04/01/realtors-told-they-can-show-properties-again-under.htmlAbor March Press Release — http://www.abor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/March-2020-stats-release-FINAL-.pdfAbor April Press Release — https://www.abor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/April-2020-Press-Release_Final.pdfAbor May Press Release — https://www.abor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/May-2020-press-release-FINAL.pdfAbor June Press Release — https://www.abor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/June-2020-and-Midyear-Release.pdfAbor July Press Release — https://www.abor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/July-2020-Press-Release-FINAL.pdfStay at home order — https://austin.curbed.com/2020/3/24/21191812/coronavirus-austin-shelter-in-place-shutdown

The Real Estate Guys podcast normally touches on trends and national news as well.For local updates, lots of stats are available monthly from MLS data - typically published monthly by brokerages and MLS aggregator sites. 

You'll see new (to me) acronyms like LUQs (Large Unusual Questionable Items) and, in the text, exactly what the IRS "flags" as issues that warrant examination, like large cash charitable contributions, companies that only have expenses (no income), at-risk loss rules for large pass-through entity losses, stringent requirements for the rehabilitation credit, SFR with no income and $137,111 loss, etc.

Here are the hit stats for the past week.

One stat from the study: " Since 2013, Chicago has lost more than 4,800 2 to 4 unit buildings representing 11,775 rental and owner-occupied housing units or 4.2 percent of its stock of parcels and housing units."