Til then, at least in LA- the housing shortage will assure prices and rents will keep going way up

@Alice K.There is no shortage of money or opportunity out there.

One thought is looking into any town planning docs that mention addressing housing shortages etc, you'd be in line with that at least... but I would imagine this could be a tough sell if zoning is single fam... hope you can find a good contact!

No shortage of reasons to believe rents are going up (some places only by the rent controlled allowed amount).So you have obtained the sweat equity. 

There is no shortage of vacant lots in the $50K range. 

“Shortages of vacant developed lots and regulatory hurdles in Austin make it difficult for meaningful housing development activity to occur within Austin’s city limits.”This is a major issue to be addressed in CodeNEXT, the first major overhaul of Austin's land development code in 30 years:“Next to CodeNEXT, the City’s selection of a new city manager will have the single-greatest impact on the direction of our region’s future and the sustainability of Austin's housing market, so it’s critical that local community stakeholders and business leaders have the opportunity to weigh in on this important decision,” concluded Guthrie.

There were grain shortage riots in ancient Rome, inflation riots in Argentina in the late '90s (and of course the ongoing problems in Greece).

Prices are wacko in D/FW right now due to labor shortages in pretty much all skilled trades.

There's no shortage of projects that individual GCs and even developers will hire a PM for.

As a state capitol, with OSU graduating 6000+ students a year and with the tax incentives that are bringing new business to Columbus, there is no shortage of need for multifamily housing.