@Aaron Boyce my guess is that your observation that most people on BP are direct investors (or want to be direct investors) is correct. 

In looking back on all of those, and comparing my notes at the time versus what happened to the houses after someone else bought them, the most obvious theme I observed was that the worst thing you can do is under-improve.I observed many houses resell for more than I ever imagined.

Great observation.

Hi all,I'm interested in getting feedback from others on what I am seeing in the market these days. 
We have been looking for a duplex/triplex in Oakland since the start of 2019. We've not seen that much that meets o...

There is no Equity Spread observed in this report, Not even 10%.

Observe, and only interrupt them if there is a real problem. 

There have been a multitude of articles in the Commerical Observer, Bisnow, & NY Times(to name a few) about this issue. 

My brain is tapped out tonight so just a couple of observations from me (so far):- Do you have any knowledge of if the seller would consider seller financing?  

Once you build a model you like that uses sources you trust and appears to align with reality maintaining it is simple.Also, if it really does match the observed reality (or comes close) you can use it to predict, at least generally, enough to include the data at some weight in your decisions, which van increase your confidence.And i promise this is the last word from me - historical (even 2 months ago) data is pretty available since few care after the sale what it sold for.

Here's a report by the Washington Post about this observation, calling it lifestyle flexibility but if you look at the details, it's all about mobility to move to where the jobs are, or where they can get a higher-paying job.For the Baby Boomers, some of them prefer renting for lifestyle flexibility because they want to live in a community setting where amenities are provided for them and they don't have to worry about caring for their homes/ cutting the grass/ etc.4.