Where I'm at they can't build houses fast enough. Overall it's a bad market because home owner's are more motived to borrow against their property value (heloc,

Where I'm at they can't build houses fast enough. Overall it's a bad market because home owner's are more motived to borrow against their property value (heloc, etc) than move. And everyone else is kinda stuck. I own several rental units. Only freestanding homes. I definitely see myself as providing a value add. I fix things when they break, provide landscaping, provide housing to great people with not-great credit. They don't have to worry about a bunch of different utility bills. All value adds. And I take on plenty of risk where lenders don't want to. I don't get compensated all too well for it either. It's a very active way of investing long term, you may not see the value of, but it's definitely there. I could easily charge 40% more in rent right now, as could many.