So there are a couple of cool things that'll be happening to Little Village.http://chicago.curbed.com/2017/3/15/14935330/chica...El Paseo Trail2nd class Restaurants being put into 26th Street (Panda Express)Apart from business and development, the way i see it is that residents of Pilsen are being pushed out due to gentrification and my prediction is that they relocate to Little Village.

Downtown LA is expected to grow rapidly as it has been, predicted 7-10% rise in value by next year.

My current business runs smoothly and is very predictable because of the years I've spent refining it.  

Ultimately I thought the platforms were to new to predict the long term results. 

The future is not predictable.  

The market is gonna go up and down over time and there isn't much you can do to predict anything other than long term trends.

The houses are cookie-cutter so I already have a pretty good feel for how to renovate one and what it might cost.The property values should be pretty predictable.

Enzennio, If you do some reading, you'll see Mike owns quite a number of rental properties.Any number you put in a spreadsheet for appreciation is nothing but a guess.Pretty hard to predict operating costs when a lot of the biggies are very unpredictable.

Some great deals here.Also, feel free to check out a blog I wrote for BP about what something similar Joe mentioned above.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/06/21/predictions-futile-invest-real-estate-based-numbers-alone/Thanks and have a great day.

Most financial advisers are predicting that the gains rate will in fact go to 20% and is not likely to be affected by any tax legislation.The seller may have other reasons for claiming the income in 2010 as well that are totally separate from the RE.