You have to adapt to the new era of higher cost of capital, lower supply, population changes, natural disasters, etc.  

Of course, there's no guarantee on what will happen in the next couple of years, but demand continues to outstrip supply.  

If you now a good contractor who's capable and honest, please refer them to me (here or DM). 

Boulder's superpower is it's politics - they don't allow construction at any magnitude in the city, limiting supply long-term.

For illustration purposes the cheaper Delta fixtures most investors purchase at Home Depot or Lowes aren't sold at plumbing supply stores because Delta licenses these less expensive options exclusively to the big box stores (same is true for other manufacturers as well).

hardly, the market does fluctuate here but it's the most dire supply and demand market I've seen (other than some CA beach towns).

If you are not in Huntsville or Madison proper, you may want to wait out things for a minute, as some of the outlying areas are definitely tilting toward supply exceeding demand now.  

A common issue is supply and demand effected by population changes, construction, economic issues, the job market and location.Personally I haven't seen vacancy issues at this time,  but I have gone through cycles of vacancy issues.

I'm perfectly capable of resolving 95% of issues my self, at a cost of just my time, which I will have plenty of.

There is a lot of pent up demand due to high rates and there is still a major lack of new supply.