But what we can predict is that a lot more buyers will jump in when they do and that usually has the effect of turning it into a seller's market because now there's more demand for the product.

There is no 50% rule that can predict what can and can not happen in an area like that.Investing in areas were the homes look like this one pictured below can be profitable. 

As momentum builds on the SEO side over that 6-12 months, I always like to kick up a Google PPC campaign as it's the most consistent and predictable way to generate leads online that are very high quality in general.

No, I can't predict the future (nobody can).

@Kyle Wise No metric that would predict an increase.

I don't know if carry forward depreciation shields this, but I figure in this forum, there is a higher likelihood of people qualifying than in the general public.The thing is, we don't know the true cost yet, because a) not all the regulations are written yet, b) they deliberately set it up so that taxes were to be collected for 10 years but benefits not paid for first 4 years and CBO can only score 10 years into the future, and c) there no way to predict what companies will drop health care plans and force us to buy government insurance.Whether you think we need government controlled health care of not, I go back to my principle point: if its constitutional for the government to force us to buy insurance because we are US citizens, then they can also require us to buy broccoli, hybrid cars, more than 25% foreign goods, and work specified hours.

Football season you'd get people for home games and you'd likely be able to attract families visiting students but again I don't think it's that often.If you want vacation rentals look at Branson, Lake of the Ozarks, and Eureka Springs. 

It is well managed and HOA costs are reasonable and predictable. 

If you go back (at the most) 2 years you can find the market change and predict the way it is going (appreciation rate).

Long and short, rates should range between 10% (very low end assuming the borrower has a ton of skin in the game) and 13%+ (assuming usury laws in your jurisdiction)d) Season the payments for at least 1-6 months before selling to establish some sort of predictability with the payments chain.