Here is a list of a few that are of great value:· Population Total· Home Values· Household Incomes· Poverty Rate· Population Age· Rental Vacancy Rate*· Homeowner Vacancy Rate*· Educational Attainment Rate (High School/GED & Bachelors)· Number of Housing Unit· Rent to Income Ratio*· Rent to Price Ratio*· Population on SNAPS (supplemental nutrition assistance program) percentage· Property Tax Rate*· Median Age of Buildings· Number of Structures by Units (SFR, Duplex, Triplex, Quadplex, etc...)· Median Rents by Number of Bedrooms· Population Change (Births, Deaths, In-Migrations, Immigrants)*note that some of the metrics are composites that are computed by comparing two or more variables from the ACSA number of the variables above can also be broken up into cohorts, which will give you even more insight into how an area is doing.

@Ruel Baliong Seller financed deals can be a great option, but in my experience good SF deals are few and far between, if you see one that you can make sense of my advice would be to move extremely fast as there are many people interested in the same strategy, and it seems the demand for such properties may be increasing.

@Isaiah Webb These are good questions, because it identifies very quickly how motivated they are and how in demand their property is.

I sent a demand for possession to the property address and the owner's address listed on the certificate.

My husband has a demanding career.

I have 3 kids under 5 and a very demanding job.  

I expected a 20% not 70% increase The demand is still there.. and end users are buying these assignments because they want to move into a brand new condo now and not in 4 years..For example there is a 2 bed condo selling for $800k.. it was purchased in 2016 for $500k.. the deposits added up to 20% $100kSo for someone to buy that contract they need to pay the original buyer $400k cash...The remaining $400k will be required at occupancy closing..End users are paying this today.. 

If this price forecast is correct, given the current supply and demand situation, Atlanta home values will be higher in 2021 than they were in 2018. 

Moving to the New Orleans area and changing careers to the oil industry has put me in a good market with solid income to more readily achieve my ambitions of supplementing my income and eventually replacing it through cash flowing rentals and flips.  

Your current broker might demand fees but you figure out if its worth it..I had a similar situation where I wanted to release the current attorney I was working with to work with another and ended up paying $500 which didn't really hurt me much..