Coming from a trading background a correction is good and cleans out excess players.

Get to know who the active players in your market are and reach out to them.

My guess is that the stock market players want the capital of the average investor so they can...well, you know where I'm going with this. 

Also I'm looking for a female investor who can give me some insight on the challenges she faced getting started in this man dominant arena.Thanks a bunch!

Multi-family in town is dominated by maybe 4 big players - so much so that any of the smaller players are usually 6 flat and down, with building conversions more of a factor.

Wesley,I would say hands down the big players look at two simple top down numbers (population and job growth) that should be well exceeding the national averages historically last 3 years and projected out next 3-5 years to start.  

Sadly, players like the investment banks continue to manipulate the traders and everyone else, leading to jumps like we saw on Friday.Like all bubbles, this one is poised to pop.

The lower end sales have dominated those market places.

But I also know how many bad players are out there.

most HML that are bigger players will vette you just like a bank.. if not tax returns HUDS showing your last 20 to 30 deals..