@Melanie DaigleTo me real estate investing means - rental property.Sure there are probably a dozen websites you could use to access all of the stats you need to analyze reams of data to determine what I see driving down I-45 everyday - a lot of out of state license plates means new people moving to our great State - now I am not currently seeing as many non-Texas plates as I did a couple of years ago- and it reflects on the number of applications I receive on my properties and days on market- I know.... not really what you were looking for, but it works.Happy investing

Dose anyone have any tips on studying the real estate exam in Michigan I am completely lost.

The credentials of the POF letter will be examined, or at lease I sure would.A POF from Fidelity or some Credit Union would be accepted at face value, while some HML unknown to me would be vetted as much as I would for a tenant rental application, ie: what we see may not be what we get.

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.

I just statted graduate school at NYU Poly and I'm struggling to find a more permanent place to live in Brooklyn. 

Then I spoke to some local residents/realtors and examined some stats on zillow for recent sales, and their prior sales - and the market has stayed flat, or even declined while the rest of the country has enjoyed the recovery last 4 years.I have some rentals in California, and while I dont expect CA type appreciation, the flat to negative trends seemed worrying, and indeed puzzling given the beauty I find in the area, the high quality of construction, and the solid employment fundamentals.Any opinions on why prices are falling?

I examine the email contents to extract pertinent information in regards to the property.

Just curious- where did you get that vacancy stat?

When you get an email that someone is following you on BP what does this mean .. when I look at my stats I hundreds of people following me.. what exactly does that mean?

However , if the intent of the action is really to disguise a flip as a sale of qualified use property then it may not be accepted upon examination by a field agent in an audit.