For any economic, beneficial transaction the principle fundamentals of economics must be present, at least 3 of the 4, land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.

Growth area with good economics and growing industries.  1.

For those of you that have experienced it what happens to rentals in a crash? I would imagine investors who mainly have rentals would fare better then those flipping. I'm always looking to plan for the worst. If you c...

I am also conducting a full market analysis of a significant multifamily development which includes site and neighborhood analysis, economic analysis, demographic analysis, and competitive product analysis (largely based on pulling data from various governmental sources and visiting the actual site to be developed).

I doubt they are a large enough group to impact your direct marketing economics all that much.

There are C or even B class assets out there who have low physical vacancy AND economic vacancy, i.e. tenants who do not pay on time.

I ran an international trading company for 7 years, until the "Global Economic Meltdown" finally put me out of business in 2011. 

However, I need to find reliable resources for researching local markets and economic trends.

Kelso is 40 minutes north of Vancouver, and is on a major interstate (I-5) but doesn't have a lot of economic draw to it (that I know of), so I wonder if people who work in Vancouver would be interested in living in Kelso or if I should really make a point to buy within a 20 minute commute to growing city centers?

Watch economic and demographic trends, political issues, etc.Mid to long term I wouldn’t want to be in Chicago personally.