I think REO is a LOT more predictable than short sales  On the retail side of real estate sales, I avoid them like they're radioactive.For REI, I watch for properties that won't survive FHA/VA/USDA appraisals - but you have to act VERY quickly to get your offer accepted before the HGTV crowd shows up and over pays.

The banks have wised up here.This is not a prediction of the future - just where we are at now.

We invest in active investments and passive syndications for the purposes of generating income, so I think it would be way too conservative (and silly) to assume that none of our investments would produce cash flow in the future.Sure, we can't exactly predict exactly how much passive cash flow the syndicated investments will generate, however we can be fairly certain that they will generate some cash flow.

Falling form top 3 in the country to negative seems like a big have been predicting Vegas prices falling for almost 10 years now, they might be right some day, you never know.

Now, its hard to make predictions, especially about the future, but I'm pretty confident we're NOT going to see this appreciation.

Agreed with this...I think many markets won't see a bump until next Spring, but I'm not sure that there is a lot of room to drop except in the big markets that saw a huge run-up the last decade.So, for many markets (including my own), I predict small declines for the next 12 months and then a long, slow recovery...

Would be interested to hear what the experts think of each of these: (1) what's the best way to accurately estimate cap ex/repairs so you can figure out if a deal warrants making an offer in the first place, and (2) any reason to think past financials do not reasonably well predict future costs?

so is there anyway to predict what would be the taxes?

Provided I have a strong predictable understanding of the monthly utility costs, is there a way and is it suggested for me to increase the lease agreeements to add the average monthly costs of utilities to be included in my lease agreements so that I pay utilities and increase my lease agreements by say $200 to $1900/month and bring my monthly rental income to $5700/month to increase the total revenue generated and improve my DTI when looking to get another loan instead property?

So, reaching pre-crash levels with fewer constructions indicates that the economy is more stable than it was in 2008.Modest economic growth is predicted in 2017.The metro population continues to increase at between 1.6% and 2.2% per year, depending on the source.For residential real estate, it is a seller’s market with a 3 month supply where a balanced market is considered to be having a 6 month supply.