I haven't run the numbers, but that's how I would use trend analysis vs. the 3-4 year look.

If you're noticing a trend, all suggestions go back to active and diligent management of a building and if you're not doing it yourself, make sure you have a good one at the helm.

I'd call a title company and ask if they could give you an idea of fees would look like on a transaction, or see if you can find a few people that would share their HUD-1 with you and you'll start to see the trends on costs.Sort of.

Or he'll jump on the latest one year trend in the stock market and just plunk his money down there.Steven

You better really comp it carefully based on condition, competition, cumulative days on market and sales trends.

Through connecting with other local investors, researching trends, stats and market data and adding some common sense to the mix, I don't think NYC lends itself to a strong wholesale strategy. 

I'd love to hear, share and compare real estate trends going on right now in the US.

These are the people that are riding the chair lifts every day and have a captive audience with whom ever they happen to sit next to. 

It could be money, connections, systems, etc... separate yourself from the heard investors tent to flock to the latest trend and this is a business of once something becomes popular it becomes saturated quick.

As near as I can tell, the general trend for the past few decades is for locations in the Midwest and South to have better cashflow but poorer appreciation potential than coastal locations.