It is simple statistics.

We also have Independent Brokers.

After all, the national average is around 10.2% right now and that is very bad.To place an entire state, or even an entire city into one lump statistic is foolish in my book.

As I'm still fairly new to all this, I think it's important for me to figure out what are some realistic expectations, and I'd like (if possible) to come up with an independent way of verifying these rules-of-thumb (like the 50% rule, 2% rule, etc) before I bet a huge chunk of my life savings on them.

Gain financial independence by being able to make money while I'm sleeping instead of being paid per hour.

This site offers a feature that shows overall market conditions for a designated area, as well as useful statistics for changes in market price to include graphs.

I am looking to real estate for financial independence, as a gateway to opportunity, as a career and vocation.

I'm a registered independent.

You can include some of the metropolitan statistical data in your market analysis.

Repair Costs: At least two independant estimates as to the costs to repair the problems found with the property.