Right now I'm really only batting around the idea of investing in any way shape or form.

Jay Hinrichs I thought my 2 skeleton rat that seems to be preserved up in the attic was cool, a full shaped rat -- but, a snake, wooow.

When research markets for things like demographics, wage growth population growth , and attracting the creative class; what websites or specific data do you pull where do you get your information and what numbers and specific trends do you look for most when choosing to invest buy and hold wether commercial or residential?

property was built on 1972 but the units look in great shape and upgraded about 5 years ago.

I'm interested to hear what the BP community is seeing in their markets.Are you witnessing similar trends in your market?

Yes I did inspect her unit before I bought, it was in good shape.

Or just plain trending fashion?

Not sure where actual land sales are trending, but MLS list prices there and building your first spec home would be a bad idea, not nearly enough margin.

Watch this quick video on ABC10 News for an overview of the trends going on in Sacramento from all the Bay Area migration:http://www.abc10.com/news/local/sacramento/what-you-need-to-know-if-you-want-to-buy-or-rent-in-sacramento/434803817Here's the summary:- People are moving to Sacramento from the Bay Area- We don't have enough housing inventory to meet the demand- So rents and home prices continue to increaseSkip to the 0:40 mark to watch the property manager state that he has tenants willing to sign leases before even seeing the property hahahaha."

I was willing to possibly looking at their bank statements in order to establish a trend.