That said, anticipate a return to the upward trend in housing starts very soon, led higher by single-family homes.

And I also have concerns with the current situation of working from home and the overall global trend toward remote working due to the pandemic.

Consider tradeoff and area trends.

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I think it's mostly the taxes and cost of living, but I expect this trend to accelerate as the older segments of the population migrate to Florida and the like.

-----------------------------------((OPTIONAL READ)) ADDITIONAL INFOSo far in my analysis, I am collecting the following data:- Net migration (at the state level) over the past 10 years & 1 year- Median sale price (redfin)- Value appreciation over the past 5 years and 1 year (redfin)- Average rent (rentcafe)- Rent to price ratio - Income tax- Job growth and industry trends (haven't found a good source to gather data yet - just reading high-level articles for now) - Average rent growth (if someone has a good source for this please share as I haven't found one yet)- Cost of living index (numbeo)- Quality of life index (though investing is my main priority now, I am still looking at quality of life a bit)

I missed the webinar "Moving Forward: Q1 2021 Economic Trends and the Impact on the Real Estate Landscape". 

So with less supply, and landlords taking on additional risks, guess which way rents will trend ?

22nd Annual Year-end Review of Self Storage, Trends and 2021 Almanac This was posted in one of Self Storage FB forums, so I decided to share here.

In a new survey from commercial real estate services company CBRE, commercial real estate investors rank Austin first among U.S. metro areas for investment prospects in 2021. Austin knocked Los Angeles off its previou...