I manage 16 doors of my own and run a company with quite a bit of commercial real estate in multiple markets and market segments. 

Some of the things we can do is:- Have everyone introduce them-self- have a guest speaker- have a case study, could be anything- have a short segment where we talk about a news, law changes...- more suggestionThis is the meetup pagehttps://www.meetup.com/Humboldt-County-Real-Estate-Investing-Meetup-Group/

It's hard to stand out.There are some owner-occupied segments with people who share motivating factors for selling their home.Seniors with Long-time Ownership: often ready to downsize or transition to assistance.Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS): Struggling financially and likely ready to cash in on their asset.Both these categories have additional advantages in that they probably don’t haven’t been updated and may have deferred maintenance.

I’m not sure, but I think an owner cannot build on an easement.Before and after videos of the segment beneath the construction might help, but probably won’t.You own the sewer line from the foundation bot, but not including, the “Y” that connects to the main.

I'm a contractor in Denver and am involved in several segments of the new build market (single family homes to large multi-family (400+ units).

I really tried to make these tools plug-and-play into underwriting models.Most public or private tools (like Zillow monthly snapshots or RefFin market trends) often only provide averaged, non-segmented, data (like the chart I included in my original post with just average $/sf & absorption plotted).

A blended real estate income portfolio, on the other hand, ensures that an investor's success is not tied to the performance of a single market segment.

The panel consisted on the CEO of a non-profit that has developed approximately 1400 low-income units, she claims that this market segment is underserved by a factor of 4-to-1. 

They are the largest demographic segment we have (about a quarter of the population) and they are new to the real estate market, but their are tired of paying rent (the oldest millennials are now 38) and make 40% of our buyers.

I agree with earlier advice to pick a property type to focus on so you can learn that market segment (market rents, typical price range, what a good deal looks like, what to avoid) and get your financing figured out (vacation second home loan, etc).