We have extreme shortage of sellers, and lots of buyers, so right now distressed deals are probably not the best strategy. 

There is no shortage of horror stories on almost every investment site regarding those who paid a contractor upfront only to find the contractor never shows up on site afterward.

Bad business or not, I feel it’s an invasion of privacy and more often than not a unit will need some work/cleaning especially with a 3 year tenant. yes it’s cold here in the Lehigh Valley, but we have no shortage of people looking to rent.

Severe shortage with tons of people coming here for the next decade or more.

There is no shortage for stock dilution.I agree with all other comments on control of RE.

And boy-oh-boy do we have no shortage of "dummies" today. 

Area is appreciting fast because there is a severe housing shortage here and people are coming to all of Florida from high tax states (New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusets, Illinois). 

This has caused at least 3 major problems: 1) the market is now oversaturated with Airbnbs, 2) rental rates have come down bc of so much competition, 3) there's a dire shortage of workers available to service the huge increase in the # of Airbnbs.Wait times are often a month or longer for service providers.

There is a shortage of Section 8 rentals available here in Dallas County. 

We have a shortage of inventory here in the San Francisco Bay Area!