The best bets are made when you see the trends on the ground with your own eyes and make big direct bets i.e you buy a 100 unit complex rather than investing in a REIT:) Then by the time you read it in the news you are well established and already benefiting by the time the followers jump in. 

Why are you trying to come up with creative ways to overpay for houses in the hottest market?

Now, as one of the hottest population migration states in the USA, we've dipped to below 3,500 active single family homes on average for the last month.

And if/when the trend of moving out of the cities reverses you may find rents falling.

Zillow's survey of economists said Denver's likely to be a top 5 hottest market in the U.S. again this year.

@Diana DorantesSome fundamentals of economics, psychology of the masses, real estate and general trends- the “sale” will not begin when everyone is expecting it.

The trend I see happening in our reddit-mania times is that if a city makes a "top" list you've got some short(ish) amount of time before the returns that originally made that city hit the list are inflated away.Instead, I'd recommend watching the subtle moves of our economies and noted who the weather losers and winners are over the next 12 months.

There are a lot of cash flow markets but not all have strong economic and demographic trends.

Not only does Indy cash flow well due to it's affordability(Indianapolis is one of the most affordable large markets), but it also has solid economic and demographic trends.

There's a trend toward in home caregiving with local franchises taking a large market share from nursing homes. 90%+ of those aged 65+ prefer to "age in place", and the fastest growing job field is personal care/home health aides projected to grow 70% over the next decade according to the national bureau of labor statistics.