But I know the economic fundamentals in my market support growth for 3-4 years more minimum with the current construction building plans, and the long term plan of economic develop office in all  3 cities combined with everything I stay up to date on in the Chmaber of commerce. 

Con's: She didn't focus on principles or fundamentals, and instead listed off a bunch of random "insider secrets" that a newbie like me shouldn't even worry about.

:) Bill GulleyI couldn't agree more about recommending these fundamentals and building block educational components..When I started 12 years ago I read and studied everything I could get my hands on, but I realize now that most of it was "guru" style education.

Understanding the underlying fundamentals of this region, I entered the market with laser like intention.

That is what the 70% stands for.OK so 2 things fundamentally flawed with that.1) You are telling me that that number was a clean round 70%?

All markets can go up or down but some have more positive fundamentals compared to others.

Though I did "house hack" for over a decade, own a rental property, and recently sold some land, I had not focused much on understanding the fundamentals of how to evaluate a great deal. 

I'll start this answer by clarifying an absolutely FUNDAMENTAL issue in REI.

I think that fundamentally, we're failing across the board in educating the youth about money, and believe that any kind of program that seeks to impart that wisdom is a step in the right direction.

There are a lot of good fundamentals: population growth, several stable industries (federal government, universities), one more volatile industry with major possible upsides (oil/gas), and most important for the real estate investor, attractive price rent ratios, especially as compared to larger urban areas.The major thing I've seen that gives me pause is that rents seem like they've been pretty much flat for the past several years, presumably following the oil/gas price crash.