All Forum Posts by: Devin Conley

Hey @Diana Teng great thread you kicked off here! Loving the discussion and exciting moves starting this process.

Personally, I would not invest in a property without first visiting the area. I think there's a huge amount that you can learn on the nuance and feel of a city just by spending time there. Also it will be a lot easier to meet folks and build a team when you can connect in real life.

Keep in mind, you’re probably not going to be jumping between markets for every deal. Focusing on just a few markets gives you efficiency at scale with your team and process. So visiting a new market in person the few times you decide to expand shouldn’t be too much of a hassle.

All that said, there's a ton of research, analysis, and learning you can do remotely to help narrow down your search before actually visiting in person.

Here's a couple visuals/comparisons on some of the areas mentioned in this thread. Let me know if you are interested in checking out a full analysis!

Interesting view to surface some of the most active housing markets! Thanks for the share @Neil Narayan

And good point on considering other metrics like home value growth, price drops, etc @Ryan Kelly

For anyone interested, here are some visualizations on these zipcodes

Hey @Maurizio Pisciotta are you looking for total rental units (including vacant vs occupied) in a market? or are you thinking more about the number of active listings that are being advertised?

We are doing a lot of work on indexing and analyzing historical market data. Happy to chat more about your use case if you interested.

Hey @Tove Fox ! Definitely a smart move to consider some out-of-state options before diving into a first investment property. And good set of areas you are looking at!

Here's a bit of visualization/data on some of the markets mentioned in this thread. Let me know if it'd be helpful to check out the full analysis.

Hey @Kegan Scholl exciting moves! And sounds like a good set of options you are looking at.

Here's some data and visualization on recent trends in some of the markets mentioned here. Hope this is helpful and let me know if you want to see the full analysis!

Hey @Brian Piechocki! Most of the data processing is done in python and visualizations are done using the bokeh plotting library.

Drop me a message if you are interested in learning more!

I like the cash on cash return visualization @Minh Nguyen ! Very useful view.

Curious, where are you pulling numbers for local mortgage, insurance, and tax rates?

@Michael S. great to hear the local perspective!

 Data is sourced from a combination US census, zillow, and realtor

Hey @Gloria C. -- lots of factors to consider (including your personal strategy), but here are a few high level metrics to compare the most populous zip codes in Huntsville

Welcome to drop me a message if you are interested in checking out the full report

Hey @Liam Alvarez -- interesting discussion you kicked off here! I actually happen to be working a new project related to exactly those questions. Do you have any specific cities you are considering? Happy to put together some sample reports and market comparisons.