I do respect their data guy, John Bianchi, though. 

Real estate funds also allow you to invest in real estate without worrying about depreciation.Investors may benefit from pass-through depreciation, and the tax benefits will rest on the investor’s shoulders and be driven by their circumstances.

and a last one--Compare a multifamily Real Estate Syndication with other passive investment strategies.We connect Investors with Top Syndication Operators with real-time access to investments.Glad to share any data or information I can on the space.

Appreciation is just the cherry on top.The last few years Toledo somewhat caught up with appreciation but I believe we are capped now.It's a slow moving market and always behind the rest of the country.There is just not enough demand/infrastructure growth like in other markets to support continued appreciation.Historical data shows the Toledo market appreciating at the pace of inflation which is nothing to brag about hehe.IMO, it's a cashflow play and you should consider building a larger portfolio because it will be safer.Owning 1-2 properties can be a "hit and a miss" and really not the providers or PM's fault.There is a high likelihood of turnover so it's important to build a larger portfolio.If you experience "drama" on 1 or 2 properties, the other 4-5 are performing and can subsidize any losses incurred on the few that temporarily aren't performing.Wishing you much success

How are you able to get data on what cap rates have been in sub markets the last 30 years?

Columbus has become a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.

Some require you to visually read them while others have data output that could be sent somewhere. 

(And no, he isn't supplying his own paint, I already ran that by him just to make sure that wasn't his methodology).By the way, he mentioned the "new" CSLB  limit is $600/materials+labor but when asked for a reference to that, did not furnish anything and I can't find any info online as to that.

It sounds like what you want is Zillow's zestimate, which is usually in the ballpark but for some of those reasons above not entirely reliable and they have most of that data already brought in for them to use. 

Disclosure: In all of our deals we want to give all the data with all of the options.