That feeling of the success of a deal or the feeling of finding a good deal, it provides a sense of continuing forward, of continuing to be pushed or propelled forward in a fundamental way.

My primary goal of joining this forum is to develop solid fundamentals that will lead me to thinking about real-estate "correctly".

Hi, @Salvador Marin - we focus mainly on residential property, as a business, but market fundamentals are the same - here are a couple of articles I wrote for BP, a couple of years back -Part 1 -http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/06/29...Part 2 -http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/06...

Hence, if you're right, LA-area appreciation is not fundamentally sound and hence, price is poised to go down.

What are the best resources for learning the fundamentals of the business?

Once you have a stockpile list of cities people are investing in, use your research time to figure out the market fundamentals on those cities and use those to start narrowing your search.

Prop tax - 1.1%.Am I missing anything in my fundamentals? 

Like an athlete it is good to reinforce the fundamentals but I don't ever buy the upsell.

Although my real estate agent friend tells me I am probably 4-5 years late to the game to be investing in Atlanta, I still think it has the fundamentals that make it a stable investing market.

Owner's can't battle or defeat these actions, so seek shelter anywhere else.Yes Equal Housing is the law, but R.C. only creates more slums so get out while there's someone who will still buy you out.You're absolutely correct about the slum part:  https://fee.org/articles/the-case-against-rent-con...As far as moving out of the areas I wouldn't jump to such a hasty conclusion.Real estate fundamentally is about LOCATIONAlso fair market- supply and demand.These areas where the socialist groups are targeting rent control tend to be near the ocean, dense cities where there are lots of jobs and decent economy.There just has to be counter action against Entitlement like this:https://www.socialistalternative.org/tag/rent-cont...