I'm obsessed with digesting as much knowledge as I can about financial freedom, real estate investing and the like.Do you have any specific goals that you would like to accomplish in real estate this year?

The catch is that the home must be within a certain census tract.

I don't really know and haven't paid close attention to how our NFMLS data breaks down, but it allows you to search by neighborhood so you can try to make those neighborhoods align with the Census Bureau's census tracts and then use your formula to decide which submarkets are best.

Consider this the readers digest version as there is more to know.  

Zip code level data is alright if that's the best you can get but many zip codes can have a wide range of areas within them so you'll get a better picture if you can drill down into smaller areas like census tracts.

It's a lot to digest, where do I start?

http://portlandtribune.com/sl/345184-224009-shipping-containers-get-new-lifeThis is my long time colleague  we have developed quite a few subdivisions together.. shared a few airplanes as well.. great guy... he is really into these container houses.He has a 40 acre tract where he hopes to build a few hundred of them and put them on long term leases akin to a MHP.... he will retain the land sell the box.Great guy.. and supremely proud to call him my friend  

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the large builders buy large tracts of land 10 years or more before they build on them.

Take your time to digest it!

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-california-high-housing-prices-20160414-story.htmlThe California Association of Realtors has predicted a mass exodus out of the Bay Area this year, either to more affordable surrounding counties (Sacramento and the Central Valley) or out of California all together:http://la.curbed.com/2016/3/4/11161626/california-housing-costs-migrationBoomers who are sitting on a ton of equity realize they can move out of the Bay Area to retire to live like a king somewhere in the Midwest and purchase their house cash, and Millennials are entering their prime "settle down" years and think $650k for a 1950's tract home is a joke and they can't afford it even if they wanted it.But, they can move to Sacramento and buy a $350k remodeled home in a nice area with great school districts and raise their newborn children.