I also did not listen to the entirety of the video.. on that note, I know that Fannie Mae's chief economist provides his forecast for free on their website, and has been relatively accurate (#4 according to WSJ) http://www.fanniemae.com/media/economics/index.jhtml?

Absolutely agree...Which is why it's always interesting to revisit opinions after the facts are evident to determine whose opinions bore out and whose opinions were completely wrong.Only then do you start to recognize which opinions should be taken more seriously in the future...On the subject of the economy, it's those who have made accurate predictions in the past who now get my attention when they continue make predictions...and those people are few and far between...

To accurately determine value, knowing what is also For Sale won't help you very much.

We have found that in our area Cyberhomes is usually fairly accurate, but you can not take that as gospel, since they do not necessarily use like COMPs all the time in their formula.Once we have all of the COMPs in a 1 mile radius over the last 3 months, we average them, subtract what we feel repairs will cost, then multiply that by 70%.

the taxes seem pretty high. is that accurate?

In my county, I can get data for every property in the county on CD, which just requires a little sorting to get a very accurate absentee owner list.

A friend of mine told me because we don't have an accurate figure for fixing the home, the appraisal might come up short.

A RUBBS system would allow you to accurately allocate utility expenses directly to individual units.

And you would be accurate in speculating that those pairs are the same people.

The exact amount is: $6,438,784,941,729.40 So, unless the data provided by the Treasury Department is inaccurate, the claim you made is not even close to accurate.