@Scott Passman emotions and money don't mix well, so we have to look at data.

Also noteworthy that a market like Houston has been in the "rent" zone since before the crash.Any other major takeaways out there from this data?

The appraiser went with sales data instead of potential income when comparing the properties. 

What market data would you look at?

I love data.

Morningstar is also a great stock tool (for pricing and data). 

Economical data both globally and nationally have been slowing since last summer.

I want a CPA that can offer strategy, not simply complete data entry.

Gathered good data, and made a great deal.

but again untested, no historic performance data, the low hanging fruit is being picked off by syndicators then combining assets into opportunity funds so what kind of performance will come from that is unknown.