Feel free to reach out as a fellow Washingtonian if you'd like to talk about trends for multi family in the state.

It seems like being a lender is the trend I am hearing.  

I would add a few things else to research:  1) Diverse industries present - case in point, Houston is much more diversified than in the past but many investors are taking a wait and see on some investment options especially retail CR and type A properties.2) Rent and vacancy trends - even w/strong pop and job growth, worth noting that rents are increasing and expected to increase and vacancy rates are not increasing.3) New Construction - you want to be in dynamic cities where growth is happening.  

Tech is becoming more and more apparent in our lives in general; the real estate industry is typically slow to adapt to such trends.

I was looking at these daily results yesterday from the "court house step sale" as some of you know it by30-day trend you've got 927 entries with a majority being canceled could be due to BK, short sale, ect.

Not sure if this is a trend going on in Houston.

I moved to Nashville, TN, one of the hottest markets I have ever seen, and have been renting for the past few years.

I think good school districts always make for good markets for families, so check out good schools rating system.What's the hottest neighborhood in the area, the one that's most popular?

I can drive the area, and research online about trends, but I think if I talk to enough people that have either been selling or investing in the area, then I could pick up enough tips to help me find/avoid the right/wrong areas to be trying to invest in.I just passed the Broker's exam last week and hope to have my license hung somewhere by the end of the month so that I can have my own access to the MLS going forward.Thanks for the referral!

It was trending upwards slowly as I learned which types of notes sold well, and bought accordingly.But, I stopped.