CRIME is a big one.The percentage of non-violent to violent infractions and if crime is increasing or decreasing in the immediate area.Intermodal transportation study is another and the future land use map.This will give you an idea of where they are today and what they have planned for the area in the future and how the city and county will be allocating their resources to develop certain areas.Much more items than this but it's been a long day and my brain is out of fuel........ :)

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I recommend researching such things as an an area's projected growth, renters to owners, community development, business growth, etc.Good luck.

The most difficult to contend with was when the plumbing under the slab of the house had developed multiple leaks and needed to be replaced!

There are fact and circumstances that need to be reviewed.

There are 3 identical lots next to mine (with motivated sellers) as part of the same development plan.thanksKen

If you are leasing your own properties there are no tax advantages to using an LLC or corporation though there may be legal and asset protection reasons to use them.If you are flipping, managing properties for others, wholesaling or developing you may have tax advantages to using one or more various business entities.

If you develop your own spreadsheets in excel, a great one is PDF Experts as well.

Upside is a developer may want to buy you out, low cap rate when selling, or value still high if things go wrong.

The main reasons are the population of these two cities are growing fast, there will be high speed rail station built up in Palmdale which will help local development, and finally these two cities are within 60 miles radius of LA.