If the job market is booming, and growth is happening, people will come for the jobs, and there will be competition for the available rentals.It's all about supply and demand.  

I called our landlord and boom, five minutes later our water was back on.

Her office was going through a transition due to the sudden boom of out-of-state investors, so they were lagging on the accounting.

I work full time in another boom and bust industry and come at things from the perspective that it's best to estimate conservatively in up markets, optimistically in down markets.

Do you believe other industries will come to Fresno once the High-Speed Rail is constructed, or is this a one-time boom?

Most markets won't experience real estate value declines and rental declines simultaneously unless the population base is contracting, i.e. the death of a boom town, or a demographic migration (say from the Rust Belt to the Southwest).

Boom, instantly derailed. 

I thought maybe people misunderstood the roots of the baby boom: many of us "boomers" were "oops!"

The rental market is booming in this neighborhood right now so picking the right price point has definitely been challenging.

Boom!