I just wanted to share a small piece of advice that I have experienced personally very recently.So a little bit of background, I have a 3 family property in Leominster, MA that is laid out in an “L” shape.

Or is the general trend that more people/institutions are getting into investing lately?

I will not take risk of not renewing existing leases, evictions etc. get units up to shape just to make my proforma.

It may give you quick insight into general value (or value trends), but can be highly misleading in individual deals.

Maybe buying cheap from distressed sellers and turning to airbnb for cashflow until the trend goes back up again?

For long term population and demographics trends I would look at esri.com.

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The Real Estate Guys podcast normally touches on trends and national news as well.For local updates, lots of stats are available monthly from MLS data - typically published monthly by brokerages and MLS aggregator sites. 

Sure McD's will be more money now but on a graph that line stays consistent where as REI starts very small and turns into a "Hockey Stick" shaped line with time.