So other than consumer confidence .. rates are still very low anyone who wants to work is working.one thing that is keeping new construction down in some markets like we talked about above is price .. sub contractors gouging. lack of labor etc etc.. so it different influences causing slow downs.When I had happy hour in December with the head of land acquisition  in the Portland market and southern Wa for DR HOrton ..

When you're looking for comps and value, how much of an influence is there between proximity to the house you're looking at, the property specs, and what you can do to it? 

If anybody could truly do it with any sort of accuracy and consistency, then Las Vegas would be the place to get rich, not Wall Street or Main Street.With cash flow, you can narrow down what your return will be today with relative accuracy, but over the long run, many other factors will influence your total return, such as appreciation, market rents, tenant problems, maintenance issues, tax laws, city ordinances, etc.

The tax credit is keeping prices at their inflated level, interfering with the market's ability to adjust itself, defeats all the logic of economic principles.You can't fix a supply problem by superficially influencing short-term demand; in the long term it will take the real estate cycle longer to normalize because of these interferences.

The stats page can also give you some useful information as well and this found at the bottom of each page.I don't know of any tool here that counts all of the votes an individual receives or otherwise breaks out the influence points.

Tastes, to some extent, are developed in childhood based on what you see and hear in your family and social circles, along with the media and other influences.

-Incorporate the principles from 4 books into my script: Influence, Pitch Anything, Start With No, and How to Win Friends/Influence People...

If you get properties under contract at the right price you will easily become a gold-mine to other investors and rest comfortably knowing you will get the assignment.   1) FINDING BUYERS Getting properties under contract begins with what I call your "Web of Influence".  

My first influence in pondering owning rentals was my best friend’s dad, back about 30 years ago.

Keep in mind this is really originating from inside Ukraine.Denial by Putin that the troops were his was simply a timing issue, delays for argument's sake.I'd say it has been well played by Putin, so far and I mentioned my guess concerning the end, at least in his moves of last resort as he has failed to influence the Ukraine with the EU.Reality is, there is nothing that could have been done or can be done by force as to our reaction.