Talbott's prediction of a significant fall in housing prices looks to have happened a couple of years early.

These are items that are less predictable, but they are real and must be considered when evaluating profitability.

I felt like Joseph Kennedy getting stock tips from a shoe shiner.Not to go chicken little on this, but I have a prediction of something bad that is going to happen with this.

Economists are predicting a 4% ANNUAL increase in rents-which will be the highest annual increase since bubble burst.

A prognosticator could have made a very good living predicting exactly the OPPOSITE of what comes out of Obama's lying lips.

Schiff is one bright dude (he predicted the real estate crash), and he doesn't paint a rosy picture of our economic future - unless the government drastically changes course from it's borrow/spending binge in the near future.

Yes, these other items (vacancy, maint/repairs, capital reserve, evictions, etc.) are assumptions, but they are nonetheless highly predictable over time.

This is an incredibly complex question that requires you to predict the future accurately.

I thought the challenge would be to predict the resale value, but it seems that repair costs are the biggest question mark for me.Would any of you seasoned pros be wiilling give me some average PPSF numbers for rehab projects.

Share your markets status or predictions.