I am seeing a trend here. 

We can just make decisions based on risk tolerance, looking at trends, and understanding the asset class.

I like this idea and a lot of it's a trend.

To gauge a locations propensity to exhibit these risks we can look at data such as poverty rates, household income trends, vacancy percentages, high school graduation rates, etc ... 

I went back to the drawing board and started looking at what made investors successful and even though knowing the different strategies and having the right contracts and the right partners in place to make deals happen, my biggest concern was "where am I going to find these deals that everyone, but me, are finding." at least that is what it felt like.As I dug in more I noticed a trend and it was simple, know your market!

What's the trend for Denver, Colorado? 

If we take a look at the distribution of home values in 2016 vs 2018 within the neighborhood, its clear that home values have increased a decent amount by the movement of the peak of the histogram toward the left.Digging down further to the block level, this trend continues.

https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/apartmentliving/luxury-apartments/8-out-of-10-new-apartment-buildings-were-high-end-in-2017-trend-carries-on-into-2018/HIGH-END CONSTRUCTION BY CITY16 cities are getting exclusively high-end rentals in 2018Of the nation’s 30 largest cities, there are 6 urban areas were renters saw nothing but high-end apartments in 2017, while in the first part of 2018, there are 16 cities where all new apartments are top-grade.

Also, the trend for the aforementioned metrics is also very important.Hope this helps  

Hi @Daniella SanchezIf you look at Google Trends you can see that historically searches for homes for sale drop throughout this time of year but skyrocket right at the very end of the year (and rise from there) - maybe because people at the tail end of the holiday season people have some time off and are eager to get started on their home buying plans for the next year.