I was completing a masters at DU in computer information systems and landed some work in database statistical processing back when real-estate brokers received listing by fax.

I find the traditional Real-Estate listing favoring structure sqft is statistically a bad investment.

Remember, the National Assoctiation of Realtors’ statistic is something like more than 75% of new agents don’t make it their first year.

Many don’t track this statistic.

Nobody can predict when the next recession will come, but "within the next decade" is statistically a safe prediction.Other markets have comfortable appreciation rates, albeit not the runup that SF has had.

(NOTE: ABoR statistics now include condos and townhomes in addition to single-family.)

A recent statistic stated that 90% of new listings are "Firework Listings."

Zillow has lots of great statistics on real estate markets, you can also look into school information, jobs, etc. with a lot of public information out there such as local and state websites.

If AOA focused on issues with stuff going  on with state response and report with CoronaVirus, there is some leverage there - testing in CA and reporting of statistics from https://covidtracking.com/ based on CA state reports is strange.

For small MF, this might be the first opportunity in several years to compete in a loosening market.No question that the state of affairs is changing, so we watch the statistics of the Cromford Report, our local market analysts whose charts serve as our real-time real estate EKG.There is great growth ahead, just look at the companies you mentioned, so this hiccup is a potential boon for careful investors who’ve “kept their powder dry.”Melanie