I would say that any project that beats pre-pandemic NOI budgets six months out of six is one to be proud of.

Stabilizing demand following a pandemic-era surge of migration.3.

I got so lucky - the first 3 years, during the depths of the pandemic, I had a perfect tenant, no problems, even during the storms. 

It’s when homeowners who locked in ultra-low mortgage rates during the pandemic hesitate to sell because moving would mean trading up to much higher rates.

I had more difficulty in 2024 than I did during the pandemic with turnover. 

It has had higher appreciation than nearby towns since the pandemic and you should be cash flow neutral or slightly positive day one as a long-term rental with a 20% downpayment.Note that zillow and other websites greatly understate your property taxes. 

We did 9 deals and only 3 were paying distributions before the pandemic hit.

For last three years I had good occupancy, now seeing a slowdown - not sure if it is a market shift or just normalizing from the Pandemic.

I suspect this is mostly campaign rhetoric that was popular with the current anti immigrant xenophobia that grew out of the pandemic both here and internationally and won the election, but the governments ability to achieve any real change in the population of illegals in this country would be very out of character.   

Nobody knew interest rates were going to go  shoot up (and nobody knew we were going to face a global pandemic).