I am a project engineer working for a national developer.  We are doing some research on finding the average on time completion percentage for multifamily projects over $20 million dollars.  For example, 92% of multif...

Jumping in to build a high-rise is a bold first step!

I must say that you made some bold assumptions.

Yeah, Demand Appreciation can really be your secret to finding an ROI; however, you have to do your research as stated up above by the other posters in this thread.You can look at the yearly statistics on appreciation in the boston areas and try to get as specific (neighborhood by neighborhood) that you can get with those stats.

@Paul Gupta-- I'm also interested to see where you are getting these market statistics from.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average worker hops to a new job every 4.4 years. 

Example Have 1 DB full of all sorts of house statistics and another full of water readings (I do know that one DB can handle mind numbing amounts of data but we are talking global domination here).

I've seen vacancy statistics for apartment buildings but not including single family homes.

Disparate-impact claims challenge practices of housing providers that have a disproportionately adverse effect on minorities.Relying on statistical evidence presented by ICP, the District Court concluded that ICP successfully established a prima facie case of disparate impact.

I might even be so bold as state we are transitioning - at least with our student rentals - towards a lifestyle services provider.One internal trend we were discussing just yesterday is that we now {partially} furnish approximately 50% of our student rentals.