As long as the fundamentals work from a rental property perspective, I still think this is a great time to buy, though not as good as the years prior.

I agree that focusing on fundamentals and fine tuning what you have to make it the most profitable should be a constant focus in this business.

If you find yourself priced out of a particular market so you are focusing on areas where you can still acquire assets that meet your # 1 fundamental for investing (yours appears to be cash flow) then acquiring KC assets on that basis is prudent for you.  

The goal right now is to learn the fundamentals, understand valuation methodology and then jump right into the deep end and navigate my way around. 

Ford Motor company, same time frame: Automotive Revenue 31,800,000,000cost of revenue 28,702,000,000 (90.3%)Margin 3,098,000,000 (9.7%)Tesla creates a fundamentally more profitable product.

AND if you think some sort of change could be realistically implemented.HI Scott,I was a computer science major turned finance as I found my calling but still an engineer at heart.The problem is in school they only teach the fundamentals of finance and theory (time value of money, real rate of return, cap rates, arbitrage, velocity of return, options, stocks, derivatives, and etc).

Boise will correct, weather will likely be the fundamental reason why.

This course supposes to teach me fundamentals of Real Estate Investing?  

These parameters will help decide what kind of yields you are searching for, which you can use to filter down your list of macro markets.Then I would start by looking at the macro market's fundamentals, that is the population, job and income growth over time.After that, I would look to see what the rents and home prices are and how those are trending as well.I would do a similar analysis, but at the sub-market level for the metro area you are considering investing in.Other metrics that I find valuable to understand are household income, poverty, unemployment, and educational attainment.

A million dollar plus house may very well be within a couple hundred yards of a rotting trailer.Generally, the fundamentals (economy, taxes, population growth, job creation, education) are better in NH than in most of the northeast.