If you are going for appreciation/gambling, then open any real estate article and they will tell you the highest appreciation that happened in the previous quarters.

@Jason CarterGreat article!

The statistical cause of the higher numbers cited in magazine articles is caused by the disproportionate number of new homes always sold in a market where it's so easy to slap down another one.

Anyone have a link to the article?

I just read a fairly scary article in the Telegraph that I wanted to pass on to the rest of you.

Why the need for an article everyday.

Here's an article we update periodically for BP on what you can expect for costs of a 1031 - https://www.biggerpockets.com/...Others rightfully focus on the QI's performance. 

And here's an article we just wrote for the BP blog that will help explain. 

I also recommend you read this article I wrote for Bigger Pockets titled How to Invest in Real Estate Before Turning 21.

Listening to the podcasts and reading various books/blogs/articles, I've noticed the phrase "meets our criteria" or some variation thereof used often.