Probably have a negative impact on California and New York RE markets.  

Obviously, you'd want to look at other data, such as home price/median income ratio, in evaluating whether housing is absolutely cheap, but home price/gold is an interesting data point.What I also find interesting is that home price/gold seems to suggest that interest rates do not have a substantial impact on the relative value of home prices, despite conventional wisdom. 

How does a walk score impact a property deal?

The longer you have the loan outstanding the worse the tax/performance impacts on your retirement.

Waiting to see how government budget cut will impact housing market in the area.

Achieving higher yield should have a pretty profound impact on this analysis though.  

@Jay HinrichsYou're right, there used to be a lot of confusion because so many buyers didn't know what a 1031 was that they were scared of a seller doing one- wondering how it would negatively impact them.  

Biggest Impact on cost for my buildings:•Size of units (3k sqft SFH vs 900 sqft house)•I found my largest long-term costs were driven by size: interior paint, flooring, water damage, roof.

It's economy is actually pretty steady, it is not as impacted as much by outside influences, low price point for homes, 60% rent market, local, population has increased steadily along with income (follows inflation).  

Great job on the flip too, small touches like the tile Wainscoting in the bath make a HUGE impact on potential buyers!