That can affect your shadow property during that absorption period. 

What we can look at now are average days on market, absorption rate and # of loan applications to get an indicator on where things are headed.

If this is a multifamily value add, they're being aggressive somewhere.This is what I'd verify first:* Proforma rent growth* Natural annual rent growth* Expense ratio* Absorption ratesSomething is likely off.

With an absorption rate of 2 months in the Milwaukee market (6 months is normal) demand will keep pushing prices up until we narrow the gap enough to cause more people to build new.

Car loans have been extended due to raising vehicle prices from 3 to now up to 8 year loans yet FHA and VA mortgages have been stuck on a 30 year term for 70 years.To track near term values, I strongly suggest paying attention to "absorption rates" in your area. 

Once you have a market selected or multiple, there are also specific areas or submarkets within the selected market that will be best suited to your investment strategy.When evaluating a specific area or submarket I think there are a lot of key factors to consider:- Population and population growth- Average household income and income growth- Crime rates- What are the schools nearby like- # of Units under construction- Absorption rate- Rent growth- Vacancy rates- What employers are nearbyYou want to obviously be as educated as possible on the markets you are looking into so that you can identify the best deals.

The business is hard and takes constant self motivation, quick absorption of knowledge and attention to detail

It specifically covers how to identify emerging markets by researching indicators like population growth, job growth, geographical growth areas, absorption rates, etc.

its a high absorption market so you should be fine to get tenants in 30-60 days, especially when you're coming into the rental season which is June-Aug. 

What is the absorption rate?