Also, statistically, those that give away free advice are typically the most desperate for business.

Statistically speaking, quality housing for quality people is a surer bet to get you a respectable total return on your investment (in my view).   

It's intelligent to follow the law and let the authorities deal with this situation properly.You don't know how violent this person can be, and ending up a statistic does no one any good.https://nypost.com/2014/01/05/slain-slumlord-found-in-trash-had-enemies-list-a-mile-long/

My strategy was to follow the sales statistics; number of properties sold and the average selling price.

I'm wondering if this represents an accurate picture of Section-8 tenants, or if it is more of a combination of Section-8 housing and survivorship bias.For those who don't know, survivorship bias is a common type of selection bias in statistics that refers to the fallacy of believing that a select group of people who have passed certain unintentional qualifications are an accurate representation of the entire population.

As part of the work, I'd need to collect some statistics on number of out of state transactions closed in the state of Texas.

I needed a hands-off approach to invest in real estate (I didn't have enough time to keep scaling up my active RE)I wanted tax advantages equal to or exceeding my single-family properties (cost seg studies etc)I wanted geographic and asset type diversification (In 2014, I had 100% of my portfolio in one market and all in SFH)I was seeking a recession-resistant asset class (Based on facts and statistics) There was (and still is) a nationwide demand for affordable housing (This is why I like value-add business models) I wanted to leverage other people’s expertise, track record and deal flow (People who have better connections and teams than I do) 

What you can do though is read statistics and realize trying to time the market is a losers game.

Im recently starting out and want to know reliable and relative (not outdated) sources for data includinf demographics and real estate statistics to analyze new markets and try to project an outlook.Thank you

They will show you models with statistical analysis of portfolio performance over time for different risk/return scenarios.