@Chase Gochnauer You are not kidding when you state that Altoona is a little picky when it comes to their rental inspections but I suppose it is in good measure.

For example, Hawaii has created vacation destination zones specifically for this purpose, and other counties across the country have similar measures in place.

We will see.It all depends on what works best for you, if you have done well with it you can keep them, although you can try only at very specific times changes and measure results. 

This data set would be a metric representation of the market direction and strength of that direction, be it growth, decline, appreciation, depreciation.I created my own algorithm for calculating such data and disseminating it into a charitable data representation, but that is just me and my own understanding of how I feel things should be weighed and measured.

What are you using to measure what general contractor to hire?

Are there certain ratios one should use in order to measure whether or not a real estate investment is wise?

When a pipe bursts, it's up to you limit the damage and find contractors who can fix it in a timely measure.

The index measures the number of months it would take to sell the supply of homes on the market at the current sales rate.

This is a place to measure up balance sheets and peacock, it’s a place to genuinely help or ask for help.

It's a good safety measure because, like @Jeff Rabinowitz pointed out, you never really know if you got all the keys back.