I'm just staring out also, and I plan on using Zillow and Trulia to satisfy mild curiosities only. 

Sometimes there is only great recession data, and that recession was pretty mild on some asset classes, versus previous recessions.

Thank you for the welcome, it is very pretty up here, and a rather mild winter too.

I'm mildly curious about your intention to "hold him/her accountable"  :)  Wonder what you mean.

In San Antonio and Houston, a stabilized C-class with mild-moderate value add is trading at a "as is" 6.5 CAP. 

So far only one place was mildly disappointing.

Attached units over the past 12 months were 2,976 of sales, and 8,762 were detached.When asked why the market remains strong, Shaun McCutcheon, vice president at Zonda Advisory, says “job growth in a variety of industries and income levels, job relocation, and in-migration from retirees seeking quality of life, affordable cost of living, good value for housing, mild weather, and relatively low taxes.”The number of vacant developed lots is down 5.2% from the same quarter last year, sitting at 11,319 while quarterly housing starts decreased 11.3% from a year ago.

Below are some generalizations about the property and ongoing maintenance costOlder properties require more maintenance than newer properties.The tenant pool has a large impact on your ongoing maintenance cost.Composition roofs require more maintenance than tile roofs.Properties in climates with hard freezes require more maintenance than properties in mild climates.Properties in locations with a lot of moisture require more maintenance than dry climates.Wood siding requires more maintenance than aluminum or stucco siding.Properties with lush vegetation require more maintenance than properties with little or no vegetation.Locations with high levels of termite activity will require more maintenance than areas with little or no termite activity.Future rentabilityToday, almost anything will rent in the Las Vegas market due to high demand and limited rental inventory.

I do consider myself a mild perfectionist and from my personal experience, it took me forever to make something and in the end, it wasn't even remotely acceptable to even consider promoting it. 

But if I remember correctly, it mentions the Fed keeping rates down to just shy of 0% after a relatively mild recession at the beginning of 2000 in all of one sentence and all but completely ignores Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac encouraging subprime borrowing along with pretty much the entire government bureaucracy.