I guess my question is weather Dallas is a good place to live while being an investor.

Some of the best deals in NY are going to be in Syracuse, Albany, and Buffalo, but tough weather.

People do not move out of CA for weather concerns. this is the issues with Silicon valley  many have to live out in the Central valley and commute 90 minutes or more one way per day its a grind.But CA silicon VAlley is not going anywhere all you have to do is drive around for a half day and see one after another multi billion dollar projects going on with new tech companies I have never even heard of.. its astounding really.

You also need to look at what time of year you are doing a project with the weather and what time the exterior shell would be finished for TI build outs and occupancy available for tenants to open.I am getting stuff for dark for 40 or 50 bucks a foot with minimal TI build out inside.

While some of the best forecasts are for increasing rents and appreciating prices, can you hold on until that happens?

Learning the data that is driving the growth is enlightening and lots of trends and forecasting ideas start to stand out. 

Reserves are key to ensuring that you can weather the storm of unplanned expenses during the hold period of your property.

It's a forecast of what is to come, but what you may not realize is that those issues are usually seller issues.

Late spring and early summer is usually busier because kids are out of school and there is better moving weather.

Crawling under my house in 20 below zero weather to unfreeze a p-trap.