As my profile says, still learning & researching how real estate investing can help us build long term wealth, diversify our retirement savings, and attain more financial independence.

Seems like you have a good grasp on market research, nonetheless here are a few metrics you can add to your search: - rental vacancy rate  - homeowner vacancy rate  - poverty rate - education attainment rate (high school/GED & Bachelors)   - number of housing unit - household income - rent to income ratio - rent to price ratio - population on SNAPS (supplemental nutrition assistance program) percentage  - prop tax rate  - median age of buildings - number of structures by units (SFR, duplex, tri, quad, etc

Commercial loans are easier to attain the SFR loans.

It's a choropleth map of Austin neighborhoods and their corresponding median home values:Seems like the further outside the city center you go the less expensive it become with the notable exception of the west side.As for assessing future neighborhood growth, I would look at trend data for various metrics such as population counts, educational attainment, poverty rate, household incomes, etc ...  

Or, since BP is all about attaining financial freedom through real estate investment, what about looking for some shop property for sale?

I’m currently working on attaining as much knowledge as possible through podcasts and reading, as well as beginning to network.

A plan is great, and your goals are admirable and, at least on paper, attainable.

I have see on here the basic formula for attaining the value/cap rate for a mobile home park.

I was also investing in some stocks that have recently started going crazy that has also helped me attain extra money to assist with fixing the 4 plex up and pushing the rents up more to increase the cash flow.

I'm not looking to get rich overnight from this, but it seems that wealth can be attained if one truly educates himself, remains honest & true to his/herself, and to the obligations of the seller(s).