The number of units probably has less influence than the nature of those units.A 200-unit apartment complex will run very similar to a 100-unit or 300-unit apartment complex but will run very differently than 200 SF rentals or even 10 20-unit apartments.  

Shorewood marks the top end of pricing, lower east side is up there too, but very UWM influenced.

Because we have been in such a long, positive economic climate (some of which as been propagated with unusual government influence) I think the downturn will be longer than the average down turn.  

  # of beds, baths, cost/sq ft mean nothing as far as influencing your decision to buy a property.2 - Smaller homes have no impact on the value of larger ones. 

I do think it is important to understand the regional population growth as the City of Wilmington proper is largely influenced by development occurring in neighboring Brunswick and Pender Counties.

@Cian Van Hees, regarding your interest in being a real estate agent, here are a couple of noteworthy reads: "SOLD" by David Greene, "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent" by Gary Keller,  "The One Thing" by Gary Keller, and "How To Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.

Nothing passive about real estate, no matter what the gurus or influencers will tell you. 

While this is a good thing in some ways, as it keeps the power to change taxes local to your own community, it does mean that the state government can’t act to regulate or influence this taxation.

The crash coarse would be to read:- BRRRR by @David Greene- Long Distance Real Estate Investing by @David Greene- The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by @J Scott- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (Important for that Networking Piece) - What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know about Cash Flow ... by Frank Gallinelli (To bolster your knowledge of running the numbers) If you want to go a little deeper, I love the CPA advice on BRRRR from @Brandon Hall.Listen to Podcast 327.

Why would someone living in a fiscal paradise (HK) invest in the most tax hellish country (FR) on earth is beyond my understanding.