As you drive to work, home, the grocery, evaluate each property with an eye toward how it appears in comparison to it's neighbor and what could be done to bring it 'up to snuff' if it's not.  

I am a real estate agent in Naples - Cape Coral area and I'd be happy to assist investors in SW Florida RE market.Closed sales of existing single-family homes statewide totaled 24,811 last month, up 24.6 percent in a year-to-year comparison."

Also, Killeen is an hour outside of Austin city center, and is going to pale in comparison to Austin in terms of appreciation.

Comparing buying stock to buying real estate is, at the best, an extremely poor comparison.

Also, this tactic runs risk for the investment if not completed in the proper sequences.

That comparison should allow a starting point for discussions. 

New York, which looks like it had a huge increase in comparison, increased only 0.6%.

Prices are extremely high in comparison to rental rates.

I'm looking at him, YellowLetters, and would like to find another just to do a good comparison. 

Also look at the math, what return could you get if you deployed the money, others will encourage you to leverage to the hilt, but I would look at what your return would be if you bought residential properties with the cash from the sale for an apples to apples comparison, because you would likely use a 1031 exchange.