The top chart below quickly shows you what the renovated, avg and distressed homes sell for in that area on a $/sf basis over time, so if you are estimating way over the top line, you instantly know something is off, maybe you have an outlier comp on your hands, etc.It doesn't have STR data, because any STR we build must also pencil as a LTR to avoid being upside down if it doesn't workout, so we use normal residential lease data when underwriting our rentals.As for forecasts on the market, I don't do any aside from the current Q trending % at the footer of the charts, and it's really just the current Q's average data/performance held constant and applied to the rest of the quarter (since not fully done with Q yet).

If you look at charts it's pretty obvious we've already made the turn on bonds/rates.

What we do for houses with heating oil , we measure the amount of oil in the tant ( There is a chart that tells yo how many inches equals gallons ) And the tenants pay that up front when they move in , the oil is now theirs .

As you can see in the charts and we saw decreasing rents from May – Oct while at the same time inventory increased.

The level of detail and info that James had was off the charts.

(All from the DFW area)Attached is an expense chart for a house purchased at $250k with a $360k ARV, refinanced with a 6.65%, 20yr fixed rate.

They are durable, but catch hair and dog fur more than the Bassets.I would avoid faux leather.

Look back to world's fair in the 60's, countless hair-brained crazy head-in-the-cloud's ideas of true creativity that foster into real innovations.

@Chris Grenzig  The chart on Wikipedia is interesting, its showing the population gains/losses from 2020 to 2023. 

The Austin metro market is approaching that territory.Here are the full stats for Austin and the greater metro:Here’s a chart showing the median sales price of a single-family home in the City of Austin this year through October:The median sales price for a single-family home in October 2024 was up roughly 5.5% from the beginning of the year.