Tips and Tools for Market Research

[Brittany Sanchez]

I am into the buying and holding real estate investing model (although I am still new to real estate investing). I am hoping to one day invest into real estates in different states, and I was curious what more experienced real estate real estate investors used for market research analyses.

What are some key indicators for a healthy, rental market? What tools, websites, etc. do you use to analyze real estate markets? What else should I be doing to ensure thorough research? 

Thanks in advance,

Brittany Sanchez :) 

[Sean Carroll]

@Brittany Sanchez Population growth, school districts, biggest employers and if they are planning on expanding, new employment such as google or facebook planning on coming in. Look at the comprehensive annual fiscal report. Also there is a great blog post by @Brandon Hall  called "Looking to invest out-of-state? here's how to pick and analyze a city"