Time is passing us by and if you are fortunate enough to make it through the pandemics, health issues, lay-offs, and everything else that is trying to take us out you will be glad at the age of 50 to own 50 houses generating X amount of dollars in cash flow.

Then there is inventory, and "wildcards," like government policy, intervention, pandemics, etc. 

I think during the pandemic, we demonstrated both ends of this spectrum as some folks proved to be pretty idiotic, lazy and selfish......but at the same time we demonstrated and reinforced America's clear place as the world's leader in many ways including technology and innovation.Unfortunately, the "bad luck" culture makes it really difficult and complicated and practically impossible for America to implement any kind of effective safety safety net for the rest of the country that genuinely needs it and will use it properly (i.e., not making it permanent, etc.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Now they have a bigger deficit then before the pandemic.

In Mississippi it took the pandemic to drive prices up much. 

Fancy coffee machine and Roku in guest mode and let it rip @Luke Carl: Do you have any sources for Pre-Pandemic STR rate averages and occupancy averages by zip code? 

Sold our family home during the pandemic due to our third child and now we're stuck living with my in-laws.

In the post-pandemic environment where a good amount of inflation is thought to be driven by the SUPPLY side of the economy, that's resulted in the Fed being particularly aggressive in trying to tamp down demand.Full Article: https://www.mortgagenewsdaily....

That could happen as we move away from the pandemic times but I doubt it.

Boston, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and areas of Chicago are all densely populated and high cost areas, where many residents have white collar jobs that were relatively portable during the pandemic.