We're in a housing shortage right now.

Vacancy in Austin is currently pretty much zero, as we're experiencing a huge shortage, so a bit of a rent raise shouldn't be a problem.

I invested in Germany in self storage as there is a shortage there and the return is way more than what i expected

Secondly even with the shortage at the time the amount of money they take out each month leaves an excess of over $1600 in escrow at years end after my taxes and insurance are paid so there was no reason for doing what they did.When I brought that to their attention they told me "Don't worry you get an overage check back" when I told them I didn't want the check I wanted the months payment the allocated to escrow(putting me two months back" taken out of escrow and put back to my payments they told me it wasn't possible with no explanation.

If there is a shortage of housing politicians may change laws on you to restrict short term rentals or at least tax them.

There is no shortage of pay-mentor relationships available, which is something I have rarely ever come across.Is it simply the entrepreneurial spirit required for REI that causes a would-be mentor to realize his or her mentoring is a marketable product and therefore should not be given away?

So back to my question; anyone have any news on what builders are doing, a lot of our problem is the uncertainty in the market causing a shortage of inventory.

There's no shortage of demand for functional housing.

There is not shortage of sellers or deals!

No shortage to choose from.