In my opinion, the fundamentals of Atlanta are rock solid.

Hi Joshua,Start by learning the basics and fundamentals of real estate on BP. 

Remember that real estate is cyclical, and there will be a day when the market will punish those that disobeyed the fundamentals of investing.Even I doubted myself.

Given the market fundamentals in the valley, I feel fairly confident that we'll have good steady appreciation in the future, but I'm not comfortable investing in anything that's going to have a negative cashflow.If you are buying rentals right now in Salt Lake, how are you handling this?

That's the fundamental problem.

However, there are some places in the country where a renter could expect to pay more than twice that amount and the average monthly rent stands at $2,757, or more than $33,000 per year.Why rental prices matterHome prices often get the most attention in the national media, yet only 65.4% of Americans own their homes, and that percentage has declined in each of the past eight years:Meanwhile, the percentage of vacant rental properties has also fallen dramatically after peaking in 2009 at 10.6%, and now stands at 8.7%:It will be curious to monitor how these two data points trend in coming years, and whether this will represent a fundamental change in where Americans live.

It's based on sound fundamentals and principles that have been applied for half a century.

The SF Bay area has good fundamentals, and will probably continue to see appreciation.  

I signed up for Bigger Pockets a few weeks ago and have spent about 3 hours a day listening to podcasts and another 1-2 reading the forums, browsing the real estate sites and playing with the various calculators trying to make sure I understand the fundamentals around how to identify a good deal.So basically at this point I probably know just enough to be dangerous. :)I think the next step for me is to start trying to find that first deal, and so as a first step towards that goal I'm introducing myself here.  

., this is a really good fundamental question.