I only heard about Partner Driven last year and so far so good 👍🏼 As a licensed REALTOR and loan officer, I knew the traditional buyer pool was going to shrink due to the looming interest rate hikes.

Here's another for you: https://www.greaterohio.org/blog/2024/1/10/new-census-number...check out the blue where ohio is growing and check out the red where it's not growing. why invest in counties that are shrinking?

Regarding pets, you definitely shrink your renter pool when you do not allow pets.

Most 1st world country populations are shrinking.  

In my area the margins on flips are shrinking but the volume of would be flippers is increasing, this is simply because the overly optimistic investor isn't requiring an appropriate risk premium, this drives out a lot of the "smart money" and pushes them into more sophisticated, complex, and less inundated areas of RE in which margins are still suitably fat.The last thing ill mention is that a lot of the high debt/leverage people are on this thread defending their positions.  

Is the population expected to grow or shrink?

Those fees are based on the whole price of the property so selling property with 20% equity can shrink down to 10-15% equity pretty quickly which means you lose between 1/4 and 1/2 of what you made. 

Regulatory costs, property taxes, and costs for services will continue to rise, but the owner's rental revenue will remain stable, leaving a shrinking pool of funds available for maintenance and improvement. * Property taxes and other fees and regulations placed on rental property owners are already very high, and are rising faster than rent increases in many cases.

I focus more on new construction but I wouldn't touch shrinking counties.

Sure there’s the hope of appreciation, but that’s not guaranteed and I like to know that my mortgage balance is shrinking even if it’s very slow.