However recently I've gotten a few direct mail marketing pieces that were looking for buyers not sellers, which I haven't seen much of before.I wonder if this is a shift in the market/ investor sentiment driving this. 

The equity+interest on my current properties is being paid by the tenants, so I am not affected by that much, unless there is a shift on demand for rentals in the area. 

The aim is to shift the paradigm—from homes as wealth stores to basic necessities.

Feels like a big mindset shift.

But we do live in an overly litigious society where predatory lawyers and frivolous lawsuits abound.

Society Hill in Philadelphia, for example, is that city's most stable real estate market, and New Orleans' French Quarter is the most expensive district in that city.

Yes, it looks like depending which shift I'm on I could be looking at some late nights and early mornings.

These last few months I have trying to shift my career in a new direction.

Try local humane society for free or low cost spay/neuter clinics.Also, note that theres a severe lack of housing options for ppl who have pitbulls so chances are if you get the owner in trouble, they may have to surrender dogs to animal control which is a death sentence.

Old houses have cast iron pipers that will disintegrate (because of age and/or foundation shift).