Buy on fundamentals like location, quality, square footage, yard size/slope.  

Again I know nothing about the market, but I just don't know that the fundamentals of what you are describing (or at least my interpretation) make sense.

Personally I think the market fundamentals are strong here, the population will continue growing and that increasing demand with limited supply will continue driving prices up, but nobody actually knows.

The fundamental strategy of good multi-family investors is simple: never sell.

Thanks Mike,IMO investing for appreciation is speculating and much higher risk then investing for cashflow.There is much more certainty in basing decisions on the fundamentals of a deal as the numbers stand TODAY and not what they might look like tomorrow.Much success

There's no fundamental reason for a bunch of people to lose their homes and create another supply glut.Currently, flippers, investors and foreign money are getting out while actual prospective home owners are starting to get in due to improving employment.  

Let's set the tone straight; most people don't get into the rental business because they like to manage problematic tenants, deal with leaky toilets or attend eviction hearings.Most people follow traditional investment strategies, that are taught to be passive, but that in reality are far from passive for the great majority of investors.At the very core, most people begin in therental business because they believe in the fundamentals of investing and desire to create some level of freedom and passive income to supplement their current income, and at the same time would like to have some sort of control over their investment.There is nothing wrong with this, and i certainly wouldn’t want to discourage anyone from buying rental houses, if that’s what you really want to do.

Just look at BP here now that I have been posting for about 18 months I already notice the would be wholesalers that get all fired up and never come back and post again.. there are a core group that do well at it no doubt.. every metro has there top dog but for everyone of those there are literally 500 little guys that came and went.One suggestion I like to give is to spend the less than 1k and get a RE license this will teach you most of the fundamentals and you can go work for a shop that does not charge you unless you close a deal and or even better you apprentice with a top agent on their team..

What does the weather have to do with the economic and demographic fundamentals of a market?

The short answer is no.Rising interest rates have started to slow the record-breaking market, but today's real estate market is fundamentally different from that of 2007 in a few key ways.