𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟰𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗜𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿. That’s a 25% filing rate. According to data from The Eviction Lab, Atlanta’s five-county core now has the highest eviction filings of any market they track. Higher than New York City. Researchers called it “abnormal.” A filing is not a physical eviction. In Georgia, filing is often a collections tool. File early. Apply pressure. Get paid. But 144,000 filings still tells you something. It tells you: • Rent burdens are stretched • Screening has tightened • Fraud has increased • Courts are being used as operating infrastructure When filings become routine, the data spikes. When the data spikes, the headlines follow. When the headlines follow, regulation eventually shows up. Atlanta is still a growth market. Jobs are coming. Capital is there. Build-to-rent exploded. Institutional single-family rentals surged. But when one in four households gets a filing notice in a year, something is under pressure. The smart move isn’t panic. It’s modeling the second-order effects before they hit your NOI. Are you underwriting Atlanta assuming today’s eviction velocity continues? Or assuming it slows down? https://lnkd.in/eUX_XU35