I know you have all probably been pretty depressed since I have been gone and patiently awaiting my return....jkI am creating this topic to see if anyone has any tricks of the trade that they use in the ss negotiation process that they may be interested in sharing with us.I have heard of people using the following items but have had mixed opinions on their effectiveness:-crime statistics for neighborhood/subdivision-sex offender map-LPS reports that reflect REO data-REO vs.

This is your investment pitch – and don’t forget to add some Industry Statistics!

Bottom line JL is I'll take gay, liberal, statist, obama butt kissing, gronola munching, dope smoking (off the property), hippie money all day long just so long as it's in on time.I love hearing my liberal tenants 2-3 times my age try to tell me how they've got the world figured out.

My english on phone is worse than my typing so I don´t tried to call him.About HUD saw some posts with bid results/statistics on HUD homes but don´t find it by myself on the web.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, city websites, CityData.com, etc have much of the data you need, but expect to spend dozens or hundreds of hours parsing the data to get the information you're likely looking for.If you're interested in apartment data for major markets, you can also check out Marcus & Millichap for their city/metro analyses -- they have hundreds of people on the ground in major markets across the country and compile data on a quarterly basis.

I like Vegas because there's never a shortage of distressed product to mine, but I don't like it enough to buy-and-hold even if I had the millions in cash reserves my competition supposedly has for the very reasons proven by the statistics!

Learning everything I could about how airplanes work, and reading the statistics on major airline carriers.

I think some real data might be useful.According to the US Census Bureau, the rental vacancy rate for the third quarter of 2010 (most recent data available) for the Indianapolis MSA (metropolitan statistical area) is 15.9%.

Unless you have access to the bid statistics, you may never be able to tell how/what/why the winning bidder beat your bid.

I check demographics data, such as education and income levels, unemployment and poverty rates, and school performance as well as actual crime statistics.