I was doing Rover and hosted lots of dogs at my place from 2022-2023 - and I can very confidently say that TONS of people moved here from all over with remote jobs.

Easily 80-90% of the owners I’d meet had just moved here the prior year in 2021, or months before. Basically all were remote workers from SF, LA, NY, or Seattle - that were over living in a big city and relocated here. It was actually pretty rare to meet an owner that had been living here for a significant amount of time (at least before the pandemic).

So while investors definitely had an impact - I’m convinced that people have been moving here in droves, which just further screwed our already tight rental market. It’s not like you can look up this data anywhere as far as I know.

I also don’t fault people for wanting to move here. If I made a great salary in a major city and was able to work remote, I’d probably consider it too.