And I don't mean this as any offense to all the investors I love reading about on BP but having billion doors seems to me like you are likely to miss out on things that more important in life. 

So if they’re right, and considering their organizations spend billions every year on market research, and say we see even 8%, you then remove the expense ratio (we’ll use 0.15%) dropping your return to 7.85%, then say inflation manages to come under control and drops to 3% which will drop your realized return to 4.85%.

Even those born into billions, have the same experience.

They had $billions in capital backing the business and it shuts down within 3 years...

Hello Fellow Real Estate Investors,Here are some interesting recent stories from the D.C. real estate world and beyond.Federal infrastructure bill could give DC $2.5 billion for highways and transitConstruction On The Purple Line Is Set To Resume This SpringD.C. redistricting committee narrows down likely options for redrawing wardsAlexandria's housing authority plans to replace 66 public housing units in Old Town with mixed-incomeKeep up with issues specific to the region with @Russell Brazil and Jack Seidens' DC Real Estate Podcast and the latest sales trends with @Cassidy Burns ' DMV Weekly Market Update.

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in November-Single-family home sales rebounded from a slight decline in October, rising 3.9 percent with 8,320 units sold versus 8,010 in October 2020;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes dropped from 46 to 35;-Total property sales rose 5.6 percent with 10,216 units sold;-Total dollar volume increased 20.6 percent to $3.7 billion;-The single-family average price rose 12.6 percent to $383,807; -The single-family median price increased 16.3 percent to $314,000 – an all-time high first reached in June of 2021; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 1.6-months supply, down from 2.1 months year-over-year and below the national inventory of 2.4 months;-On a year-to-date basis, single-family homes sales are 12.0 percent ahead of 2020’s record pace and 22.2 percent ahead of 2019.

Houston Real Estate Highlights in NovemberSingle-family home sales rebounded from a slight decline in October, rising 3.9 percent with 8,320 units sold versus 8,010 in October 2020;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes dropped from 46 to 35;Total property sales rose 5.6 percent with 10,216 units sold;Total dollar volume increased 20.6 percent to $3.7 billion;The single-family average price rose 12.6 percent to $383,807; The single-family median price increased 16.3 percent to $314,000 – an all-time high first reached in June of 2021; Single-family home months of inventory registered a 1.6-months supply, down from 2.1 months year-over-year and below the national inventory of 2.4 months;On a year-to-date basis, single-family homes sales are 12.0 percent ahead of 2020’s record pace and 22.2 percent ahead of 2019.Townhome/condominium sales rose 16.8 percent with the average price up 16.0 percent to $258,970 and the median price up 10.5 percent to $210,000;Single-family home rentals rose 7.1 percent with the average rent up 8.5 percent to $2,042; Townhome/condominium leases increased 5.1 percent with the average rent up 3.8 percent to $1,737.Source HAR 

I posted something along the lines of "my official wish list" which I envisioned that I had a billion dollars and could buy virtually anthing.

Im sure this question has been asked a billion times however I wanted some input on what the process looked like when it comes to analyzing deals?

Here’s a look back at Quincy’s RE market over the past 3 years.About the DataI’m not a realtor with access to the MLS, so the data behind this post comes from Zillow and may therefore be incomplete and/or compel you to algorithmically overpay for billions of dollars of real estate.The data is comprised of 2067 properties (e.g. condos, SFH, MFH) sold in Quincy in the last 3 years.Prices Went UpFirst let’s look at the monthly median sale price over this period:A little choppy, but things are generally up and to the right as you’d expect.