By working with a trusted advisor who knows their market, you will be able to quickly identify the pockets in each city that will produce a predictable income. 

Not that it cannot be predicted but usually count on the present.Unfortunately, I have spent the last 7 years being bedridden and not being able to work but it has given much time to learn about real estate learning. 

Appreciation prediction is difficult.   3) the index states it takes into account long term appreciation but was not clear if this was a forecast forward or a look backwards.  

I did not mean to imply a junior was ever forced to agree to a short sale...just that the amounts to which they will agree are usually very predictable. 

Predictably the answers are all over the place, since people's skills and talents are greatly variable.

Ask yourself questions like: What if we can't raise the rents as fast as we predicted?

If this hurricane is as bad as they predict there is going to be a lot of homeless families due to the storm .

It is impossible to know for sure, because know one can predict cap rates 12 to 18 months out.

There's been a property down the street from me that has been listed a few times, and I've looked at it from the outside (and that was enough to scare me and likely anyone else who has looked at it) which doesn't help me predict rehab cost.

Taken together, they can have predictive value.