And lots of things can be true at once: Low interest rates creating bubbles, late to the cycle beginner money following trends, legitimate inflation hedge, long term market patterns favoring rental assets, downsizing boomers creating a larger market than poorer milennials (which is a huge group as well) covid disruption.

It will speak of growth, new jobs, and traffic patterns etc. 

This is similar pattern like when everyone is reinvesting their equity into Airbnb.

I began real estate investing by buying 1 sfh in 2008.( I was a 52 year old divorced female)..It rented @$1200/m, so I bought another, it rents for $1200/m...I have continued this pattern, buying under market value houses with built in equity, and slowly, house by house, built my passive income, after tax ,ins, expenses,etc to 100k+...I set myself achievable, reasonable, stress free goals yearly!!

Continuously assess and refine your sales and marketing activities to maximize revenue streams.9) Cash Flow Monitoring: Regularly monitor and analyze your cash flow statements to identify trends, patterns, and potential issues.

The pattern that seems to be emerging is that I do a pretty extensive rehab after purchase, and then inevitably end up spending another few thousand the first year on something that was missed (usually plumbing related).

I have been studying population patterns recently and happy to note TN, GA, NC,SC are all in top 15 states in population growth.

I hate taking a week vacation and spending 2+ days traveling plus all the time required to adjust sleep patterns. 

Some people pay late every year and you see patterns of the same houses that are on the list.

You may have to work backwards initially and market your property first to find that avatar and see patterns.