Despite rising interest from young families and institutional investors, the number of new SFR and BTR units is expected to decline sharply, from 34,000 in 2024 to just 9,500 in 2025, a 73% decrease.While demand remains, rent growth in this segment has turned negative, falling by 0.8% in Q2 2024 due to higher vacancies in 2023.

To avoid falling into analysis paralysis, we started touring homes, meeting realtors, and running numbers.

They fall under long-term rentals.

If you're going the umbrella insurance route, perhaps see if it will cover you for several things including just the routine slip and fall (like mold or earthquake).

That's just my $.02 but I'm sure others have been operating differently with success.As for neighborhoods, West Side, South Buffalo, Kaisertown, decent sections of Black Rock and Riverside, pockets of North Buffalo, maybe some sections of Cheektowaga are going to fall into those categories.

So in theory they can bounce back if all the dominos fall in the row. 

What questions and concerns do you have about investing in Fall 2024?

Focus on getting into that first deal—everything else can fall into place after.Best of luck with your investing journey!

Days On Market (DOM) are trending up everywhere - suggest you find out the trend for Akron.It's now Fall - there's a decent in drop in all things real estate after Labor Day when they kids go back to school.Next drop is after Halloween when consumers go into Holiday mode.How often are you dropping your asking rent?

I started buying houses in 2010 and definitely knew that was a good time to be buying.Everyone said at the time too that it was the worst time to invest in real estate.The sky is falling!