His approach is real data / numbers based / driven and he clearly has high level business knowledge.

As a whole on the CA market, macro indicators could show a potential pull back, but in localized data, high end home sales continue to be moving at a steady clip.

During this conversation it occurred to me, although he had set his Real Estate goals high for the upcoming year he did not have any concrete reason behind it.When you set your Real Estate goals, what substantial data do you use to set them?

Without too much data to back this up, I'm guessing that they put more emphasis on the kitchen and baths so i try to make those areas stand out a bit.In second bedrooms I usually take out the clothes bar and get one of those rubbermaid wire closet solutions that brings in shelves and double the hanging space.

Might help out in the future....I use a screening service to retrieve data from various sources, to get a criminal history, credit check, past residence history, and eviction records.

That article has some amazing and thought provoking facts, especially the data on cash sales during the post Bubble years.

I wanted to pose a question to fellow investors who are veterans of the market crash of 2008 or Asian economic crisis, and other economic crashes in the last 20 years.For those of you who are have experience with these crashes and are still investing in real estate, are there any tools, data sets or charts you're using to determine when is a good time to exit the market and sit on the sidelines with cash?

Data can be sliced multiple ways.People can make arguments for varying types of investments.Some of the comments about commercial can be rebuffed as well.Very large buildings can be vacant for awhile that is true.

I would recommend an agent because they can find you a deal along with all of the data that you need to make sure that deal works.

You can also store a list of properties you're interested in, your watch list, so you could develop your own system on a time line.Most MLS systems provide a lot of features and data on the public side, know the system and you might be surprised at what you can track.