Quote from @Nick Benjamin: I work for New Western in KC and we get multiple off market deals every week - no shortage on our side of things.

Is it strange to you that the government creates this kind of incentive at year 8+ of a real estate bull market and with persistent labor shortages in the construction business?

It's also a plus for LL's that there is an incredible housing shortage (for the past 20-30 years) and never a shortage of people looking for places to rent.

There's a massive inventory shortage, and families with financing are having a hard time finding homes because there is so many cash investors from the West Coast and East Coast buying here.That's my perspective, but I may be way off.

With my experience with the military and contacts over in the war zone we expect a lot of activity due to the large number of vacancies and the overwhelming shortage of government provide housing.

There are numerous published articles about the on-the-road parking shortage for truck drivers, and solution there is more truck stops whether state or privately funded.  

They told me she will pay this shortage, plus August’s rent, by this coming Friday, August 17.

Both combined will maintain the current balance of supply and demand (aka inventory shortage).

Uncertainties in rehab cost and appraisal (or shortage of killer deals) can sometimes land you too high for all in costs or too low for ARV, such that you can't pull out all your capital.I wonder if, after finding the right lender to do it, I could have as a backup plan to raise my total LTV to 90% or higher by taking out a smaller HELOC on top of the cash out refi.

New construction can be challenging - especially given supply chain issues, materials price volatility, labor shortages, and local/state government permitting delays caused by COVID 19.