My dream is to create a real estate company serving the housing needs of middle income population, but like everything in life, it is best to start with baby steps.I like the NYC metropolitan area because of its diversity, potential for growth and the fact that it behaves somewhat independently of the national economic trends.  

This means the size of the piers, reinforcing steels and depth of the piers are supersized.2) The Berkeley, Kensington market is red hot and contractors are in short supply.

We use it for our investment business to find deals and analyze the market (we like to pull our own comps and know days-on-market trends), and he also represents investors and retail buyers.

Andrew Steele I don't live there but am actively looking for deals there

The reason I say that is my understanding of RE is that the trends go up and down every few years.

So even in 2 big cities, adjacent one to another, with the exact same demographic issues, the trends can be opposite making predictions extremely unreliable regarding the final outcome.

I also believe its the seasonal trend.

Search some facebook groups, keywords like "Bay Area Housing" will get you some results that you can start to watch for pricing trends for neighborhoods!

Assuming that 70-year-old trend continues, that means our market will be lower than it is now in 3-5 years' time.3.

I'm looking at specific cities where there are strong demographics and job growth trends, but where the rent-to-value ratio is still high enough to make it work.