We have milestones, that when they are met and I am satisfied with the work, they get partial payment.  

I am a agent in CA and I have access to graphs and data going back many years.

I haven't seen any 2015 data published on income for southern california yet, so this running graph I made is only up to 2014.Riverside County Median Home Price:2006: $413,1652016: $333,370Source:  http://www.car.org/marketdata/data/housingdata/We are about 80% of the way back to our previous high in 2006, for my market. 

Attached is a very simple graph to show you why one of my underwriting criteria has been the sub metering of water.

Here is a graph to help show what I mean:Where we are at now, rents are increasing and expansion is happening because of increased demand.

In order to mitigate most of the issues of working with contractors you need to have a very explicit scope of work, and a solid contract that specifies that payments are made according to certain milestones, and penalties for delays or rework.

Goes over a lot of housing stuff in this book with data to show in graphs/charts.

Interpret the graph as indicating we go through cyclical valuations of real estate normalized against inflation.  

“Single Family homes have a shorter “days on market” average as you can see in this graph for the Las Vegas housing market in 2019.

I believe I owed @Brian Burkesome of this data, so I decided to share it with all..Here's a graph style I am copying from Brian Burke, which I saw yesterday at the Guild Summit in Sacramento, put on by @Al Williamson. .