@Patrick RabalaisI use census data (estimates available between census years) and Zillow Home Value Index data.

I do both real estate, stocks (specifically Vanguard index funds and apple stocks), and indexed universal life insurance. 

Basically, it's the body mass index of real estate investing: easy to calculate, but not providing much real insight.That said, the best explanation I've seen so far is here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

city-data.com is very useful.Population by year, median income by year, median home prices by year, crime index by year, job growth

That's way better then any bank, money market, or index fund. 

Hi everyone, I'm new to Bigger Pockets, and I have a few questions that I'd be quite interested in getting some opinions on.For a little bit of context before I get started, I'm a college student in Louisville, KY with an internship that pays me quite well, so I'll actually have a significant amount of money saved and invested in index funds by the time I graduate. 

His profit goes 50% index funds and 50% multi family RE.

Even then the charts show an index fund beats RE 3 to 1.

For longer term (years), index funds like SPY can work.

Would you recommend to save the money for a down payment on an investment property or put that money towards a dividend providing index fund.