Any advice on how to determine whether such a rehab would make financial sense is welcome.Once the rehab is finished, we would look to rent the house out until the market rebounds.

Tesla is opening a parts plant in Lathrop, the now defunct Google Barge is anchored there and the housing market does seem to be rebounding quite a bit.

That is because the investor feeding frenzy in the last three years has gobbled up almost all of the foreclosure inventory and REOs and on top of that, after a huge rebound, our market is morphing into more of a buyer's market.

Was the relatively insignificant increase (10,000 if I recall) a sign of a rebound there or will the exodus continue?

Properties in massachusetts have been seeing appreciation over the last 2-3 years, so I would expect the unit to rebound in value during that time.

Real estate in the US has definitely rebounded since the crash, but if you have a good team, you can still find great deals.Another strategy that I've seen people be very successful with is to keep their flips as rentals.

I saw rent rates rebound (and go far higher much quicker) than the data below shows, so I don't know what to believe here in general:Real Gross Rent History for San DiegoDateUSMedianCaliforniaMedianSan Diego, CAMedianSan Diego, CAAverage2013$905$1,224$1,289$1,3682012$897$1,218$1,272$1,3512011$900$1,213$1,278$1,3372010$910$1,238$1,329$1,3952009$909$1,247$1,321$1,3912008$914$1,260$1,339$1,4032007$875$1,196$1,296$1,3542006$881$1,189$1,306$1,3602005$862$1,152$1,269$1,328 (http://www.deptofnumbers.com/rent/california/san-d...)

I don't think I'd have a problem selling it and breaking even, but I think it'd be wise to hold out longer until the market rebounds (plus I have this house already and I am in the process of getting the payment down so much, I just feel like I can work with this instead of starting over).

Can someone teach me how to buy real estate with no money down with a rebounding credit score?

Housing Rebound as 2011 Resets Peak http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?