financially they may make sense I just dont see any cultural demand for them.building for small multi seems to be slowing everywhere as well.

Many OOS markets offer little to no probability of significant longterm appreciation which has a huge impact on your IRR (your total return: cash-flow & appreciation).

The survey asked their opinion on an impending recession and its possible impact on the housing market.Two major takeaways from the survey: 42% of home buyers believe a recession will occur this year or next (another 16% said 2021)59% believe the housing market would fare the same or worse than it did in 2008Why all the talk about a recession recently?

I think there are a number of companies trying to update those issues however I am interested in the socioeconomic impacts that a software might have on encouraging development in impoverished neighborhoods.

However, if we look at the previous four recessions, we can see that home values weren’t negatively impacted: January 1980 to July 1980: Home values rose 4.5%July 1981 to November 1982: Home values rose 1.9%July 1990 to March 1991: Home values fell less than 1%March 2001 to November 2001: Home values rose 4.8%"Hope this helps!

Too many factors impact the value of a property to get caught up in timing a widespread recession.  

If my area has a high rental rate vs buy rate how does that impact me as somebody looking to be a landlord and own rental property?

I know it'll definitely impact the city itself, but not sure what the impact will be like in the Lamorinda area.

If you are leaving House 1 and turning it into a rental and buying House 2 as a primary, your lending  ability will be impacted because your lender may not acknowledge House 1 as an asset until 1-2 years of rent have been realized.

Although the screening criteria and security deposit changes will probably impact business in a more drastic fashion, I think this issue is what will cause the most "what-if/unease" from people-probably because it's the easiest to explain and also will cause the most headlines for local news.