In your area were your bidding on 5k houses its really like being in the USED car business.. just look at these as objects if you can make a few bucks move on.. its not like there is any shortage of low end real estate up in your area and all through the rust belt.

Take for comparison Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge in Tennessee, where there is also some seasonality but there are also many more place to stay, so prices are more affordable for us tourists.So, for example, looking at the town of West Yellowstone, MT or even the hamlet of Babb, MT, there's no shortage of space there.

It can produce cash flow as the price / sq ft and rents are relatively low compared to other similar markets, and the appreciation comes from:- 30,000 new jobs coming to Columbus in 2022- 4,000 new homes built in Columbus in 2022 (there is already a shortage...)- price/sq ft is still relatively much cheaper than other comparable cities- lowest vacancy rate in Columbus history- one of the panel members who spoke at a housing development I went to named Bob Schottenstein (developer who has built over 150,000 homes) stated Intel will do to Columbus what Disney did to Orlando 

This area requires a relatively small investment to acquire, newer homes available, no shortage of inventory, tons of laborers, and someone else to oversee.

This is good news for all home buyers, not just real estate investors, due to shortages of inventory in some markets in past months.

Hello BP I recently move to Orlando and have been searching for multi-family and have seen there is a shortage of duplexes , triplexes , and quadplexes has anyone built any in the last few years that can lead in the right direction 

Unfortunately, there is no shortage of bad agents.

Be careful of getting frustrated by the shortage and settling for poor quality deals.

Is there currently a shortage of housing?

There is also a housing shortage in the area, so if I don't do well with it being a STR I can easily rent one of them out  long term.