They wanted to examine our history, our growth trajectory, to know who we had as PM, to understand how we pay our bills, ect.  

We all love real estate, let's respect each other and grow the industry together and not cannibalize ourselves.

They are constantly growing and with their growth comes higher paying jobs.

That along with job growth seems to be fueling our growth.

before i did anything else, i would do a market feasibility study looking at things like population growth, employment growth, etc.another step that should be added is financing. leverage is our friend!

I'm sure there are areas south of San Jose and north of SF (like Santa Rosa) that are in need of comm. dev.Here in Phoenix, all the people that moved way outside of the city to get the biggest home they could afford are now looking at long commutes and horrible traffic (since the freeway system wasn't even ready for the growth).

To find it you have to do an internet search.Knowledge of that topic has helped me immensely; its even use-full in certain negotiations.My optimism stems from my knowledge that no matter what themarket does there will be profit for the savvy investor.

The government is promoting growth at existing resorts.

The greatest growth of economy have BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China).Now about countries after disintegration of the USSR5-6 years ago one could buy an apartment in the Ukrainian regions for $4000 -$6000.

In my opinion it's CBDG's vast network of knowledgeable (Well Educated) investors thats at the center of this real estate investment machine that runs near prefect day in day out, even with a rate of growth that would be crippling for most other sales teams.