Or do they wait until it is "too late" and need to halt distributions, then let you know things have been trending poorly for the last couple months? 

We're seeing some signifcant trends in net migration in some markets due to the fact that a lot of employees can now work from home and are moving from high cost markets to more affordable areas. 

This is probably a short term trend, but worth noting. 

From an investors point of view, prices are high in Austin (speculative trend), however, what is causing the prices to increase (hope and speculation, I think not)?  

I don't aim for perfect BRRRRs to begin with, but do plan to adjust the returns I'm looking for if this trend continues.

Hi BP Community,I stumbled across this article this morning and I started to think about the impacts of these trends. 

You can often find trends that could help indicate what may happen in the town you're buying into.

This turned into a bit of a trend here lately and I'm guessing this is just how Real Estate goes?

e.g. crime rates, rent trends, emerging areas, construction rates...Is there a newsletter you recommend I subscribe to?

While most investors will charge the security deposit, many landlords we've spoken to the Chicago area are trending toward non-refundable move-in fees, higher than typical pet fees, and higher than typical application fees.Security deposit laws are rather burdensome in Chicago, so the non-refundable fees can be a bit easier to manage and lower risk when paired with proper background and credit checks and vigorous tenant screening.