Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.I suggest reading this BP article on the core 4.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

In an article I read Michael Galpen of B of A says the housing market is stuck til at least 2026 if not longer.

If you want appreciation, identify markets with expanding industries, positive growth trends, and bright economic forecasts.Read this article on the "core 4".

A new article came out showing Philadelphia investor saw the largest capital gains on their flip of 136% and Montgomery County seeing 78% gains (ranking 12th in the nation).

Whether is taking his "course", paying for the self written articles about his success or aka writing "puff pieces", buying fake Instagram followers, sitting on FB marketplace trying to get someone to pay for a house they don't know is condemnable and pay to have DJ remodel it and DJ never completing the remodel,  him spending an enormous time defending himself in small claims court, and threatening charges on  people that don't know law so they pay what he wants.All of those examples came from either my observation, experience, or other peoples reviews of him.The guy rented me a condemnable property.

This allowed them to grow their RV park portfolio even further.In determining how to select a cost segregation company to work with, here is an article that may help.

The article has some great graphs that are informative as they illustrate the housing price trends of 7 major metropolitan areas in the US, including the San Francisco Bay Area over a 20+ year period.

There are numerous other ways to go about getting insights into future development planning.

I saw your post and links and I also found articles about other states but not for MA.

I would read this article on the "core 4".