For example, downtown columbus has this market report https://www.redfin.com/zipcode/43215/housing-marketThe average housing unit sells for $350k, we try to deliver housing units at this price or lower on the new construction side. if you are above this your buyer pool gets smaller. look at each zip code by it's own markets and stats. 

A reasonable basis is required for allocating land and building.Every investor needs to examine their own personal tax situation to determine if it makes sense. 

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The apartment stats are available, but these costs are less than what can be achieved with small unit count properties.  

Share the love and I'll update the list.Property Search:Realtor: https://www.realtor.ca/REW: https://www.rew.ca/Zoocasa: https://www.zoocasa.com/Zolo: https://www.zolo.ca/Rent Info:Rentometer: https://www.rentometer.com/Rentals: https://rentals.ca/Craigslist: https://toronto.craigslist.ca/search/apa - change to your city (Very good interface, surprised for Craigslist)Padmapper: https://www.padmapper.com/Lending/Mortgage Rates:Ratehub: https://www.ratehub.ca/mortgagesRatespy: https://www.ratespy.com/Stats / Data:Stats Canada: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfmCensus Mapper: https://censusmapper.ca/ - Powerful if you know what you're looking forCity Data: http://www.city-data.com/canada/House Price Index: https://housepriceindex.ca/#maps=c11RBC: http://www.rbc.com/economics/economic-reports/canadian-housing-forecast.htmlDeal Analysis:Dealcheck:  https://app.dealcheck.io - They have a great App for mobiles tooThis list is nowhere near exhaustive.

I'm not sure of the stats in your area.You have to know how to write up a purchase & sale agreement and open escrow, that kind of thing.

Again, others might feel differently here.3) property level due diligence: (takes seconds to weeks per deal): here is where I drill in with the low-level details.a) pro forma popping: I examine all the assumptions, and see if they are overoptimistic or not.

I have owned 3 different RE brokerage companies over the past 40 years and that's the stat's for AGents coming in to the business 10% will make a darn nice carrer out of it another 40% will do Ok and keep at it on and off over the years the rest come and go..

For a quicker overview when examining mutliple markets quickly, I recommend checking out hostscouts.com/cities.