I Found a website www.homegain.com there you can look at Demographic and Housing Market Data (examples below).

Derek - thanks for the info - i will send you an email offline. btw, can u point me to the data referencing the fact that IN is running some % under what it really should be in terms of real estate prices?

I'd like to know where we can find such data on any city.

It is a class you will find invaluable!

You are referring to the old law under Section 1034, which allowed you to defer all of your capital gain into the purchase of a new primary residence as long as you traded equal or up in value.

Monique I just scratched the surface, We've had a 10% drop in values in something like the last 3 months an article just said recently, on top of the previous 18 months.

For investors, the ablity to accuratly read market data and sales comps or to understand the ends and outs of several different loan programs (and how they can work for the different investment situations) are absolutely necessary for surviving in this business.

For example: Realtytrac has a great data base for pre-FC'd homes, but what makes one home better than the next.

Also, I find neighborhoodscout.com to be helpful in figuring demographics, economy, and school data.

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