I've always taken the approach of providing a great product in a good location (close to blue line and highway as you mentioned). 

I'm only just starting out and I can see where a lot of what you include here is the product of hard-won experience.

It is such a popular product that people are pricing the listings well above anything that can be justified by the rents.

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They must also develop credibility and trust to attract capital to fund future deals, as well as, educate and nature others about their product offerings.

Purchase price: $350,000 Purchased off market with private money, currently refinancing to 30 year loan product.

They do such horrible things as create jobs, create investments, create new products and more.

Scott, what you are asking for can be broken down into two distinct components (a) an analytical methodology for evaluating markets and (b) the data that you will apply to the methodology to arrive at your conclusions.The data is the easy part.

You will learn far more from the books you read if you are actively engaging in trying to buy property and market for product.