Right now as we speak some developers overpaid for the land and with construction costs are trying to sell a product in a market where interest rates are rising.

But what I lost most on, was my time to be productive in other areas. 

Some realtors produce market reports but I am wondering what other resources you consult on key metrics like median/average prices, rent to own ratios, growth rate, etc.

This way you can track initial listing prices...sold prices...days on market... square footage...average price sold per square footage, etc...A realtor wont like me saying it...but you can do a lot of educating of yourself by tracking this data and becoming intimately familiar with what is happening.

The hedge funds analyze a pool of notes on a macro level (ie their average results with a certain category of notes at a certain LTV).

On average I’d say a duplex is 150 a month in water alone, and sewer is probably 80.

Great question @Terri Dyer, the answer is it depends :)Property that qualifies for 1031 treatment is property you purchased with the intent to hold for productive use as investment. 

The Combined income was over $350k per year.I can't tell you how many Investors I have known for the last 20 years miss the boat because they couldn't find themselves "Betting" on the trends.I think if you can put your fingers on the pulse of the Market, you can easily beat the averages, by FAR.However, not everyone has that kind of risk tolerance.

Their end product will be a presentation to the class on their journey to FI by 28.

The math here would be something like "the average of six 5's is somehow 4."