However, even though Taz's data was a much smaller sample (as you said), it does mirror the data from the larger studies.

The general assembly seems pretty focused on making the language of 55-225 mirror that of 55.248 anyway.

Values should hold more steady compared to the Be-La and Greenvilles of the world, but any Hoboken/DTJC appreciation, in my eyes, will be slow and steady from this point forward, mirroring the health of the overall real estate market and economy.In my opinion, as long as Hoboken and DTJC are hot, the other markets will retain their role as the better values for would-be homeowners in the area.

Smoke and mirrors is not the recipe for long term success.

If you are clueless on how to deal with an asset manager you need more training.They can tell within 10 seconds of being on the phone if you know what you are doing or not.They will just hang up on you.They have hundreds of files on their desk to manage.They want to close files with people who have the system down apt and can save them time and aggravation with their daily job.The lender will have a servicing agreement for the loan that spells out if they need to list for a certain period of time etc.There are just too many variables to post here.If you haven't done this type of thing before it would be good to find someone locally you can mirror until you learn the ropes.

I would look in the mirror to find a good property manager.

Use the mirror as your test.

But that simply serves to accent the importance of using the mirror test - can you look in the mirror and tell yourself with a straight face that you did not buy this property to immediately resell it?  

If you have been studying for 1.5 years and still aren't sure where to look, try a mirror.

You just see an image of a lone sink with no vanity attached (Which also makes it look dated IMO) and a mirror above, and on the walls is a really thick type texture.