Perhaps you have millions sitting in your IRA and can withstand another financial crisis or major medical issues (I pray you never face either) should we face one, but the greater majority of Americans don't.  1 in 4 people will face a major medical set back. 

With a housing affordability crisis happening in Austin many people are looking south and finding options in the Hays and Comal counties.

A common ethos on the hill is "never let a crisis go to waste".

Many of the middle to lower class suffer the consequences of a housing crisis.

Many of them only have 1-2 years under their belt and have never dealt with a financial crisis, a really bad tenant, increased taxes/insurance/utilities, etc.

I think this crisis is really going to test that resolve.

Exempt room receipts would be gov workers, diplomats, and orgs that have a tax exempt document. 

Initial estimates of transaction volume in 2023 suggest that a little less than $35 billion traded hands last year, a level reminiscent of the post-Global Financial Crisis recovery.As quarterly sales volumes have dipped below the pandemic's lowest points, 2023 sales volumes fell nearly 60% below 2022 levels, mirroring figures from 2010.

The land we inherited is in the town that we live, and like most of California, our town has a housing crisis.

But, it has been noted that demolition of unpermitted units has contributed to the housing crisis in CA, so I would be surprised if anything like that happened.