Exact is the opposite of the goal...buy in growing areas and add enough value (force appreciation) where precision of execution, management, or valuation is not needed/relevant.

If anything, you should be doing the opposite. 

  so I just read an article on the difference between quartz  and granite and the writer is saying just the opposite of the two posters above.

On the opposite side of the coin you can buy land for storage units in places where the land can't really be used for anything else (Near RR bridges, highway off ramps, etc..) .

This creates so much positive leverage without much riskbut buying a retail priced asset, like much of the real estate market today, and putting market priced debt on it seems like the opposite - higher risk without an exciting upside I would not do the same now.Leverage is great, I don't care about even 7% rates, it's the retail asset prices that make me steer clear 

Nope, it was the exact opposite.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

Sounds like we have somewhat opposite goals though @Jonathan Greene! 

Studies show that group training has only about a 5% success rate in buying properties, but people say they like the group atmosphere except they don't get their individual questions answered.Most "hands on”, “one on one” have the opposite, about a 90% success rate of buying properties.

I forego better "cashflow" opportunities, but look for greater appreciation opportunities - they're generally on a linear "scale", opposite from each other, but blend as you slide along that scale.By setting your buy-box, you can at least narrow down your search.