Douglas Turner
Skip tracing and no information
What does everyone do when the skip trace brings up the wrong numbers or no numbers at all? What are some other options. I am a newbie and trying to figure it all out.
Zackarias Aitchison
How To Know If You're Investing In A Good/Bad Neighborhood
Hey! If I'm investing out of state, or somewhere I've never been in person before, Is there some way to figure out if I'm buying in a good or bad part of the city? I could check google street view, but is there a way ...
Jimmy Oldrich
Macro blogs and online info?
What blogs and online data sources do my fellow armchair economists follow? I like calculatedriskblog.com and http://www.lpsvcs.com/NewsRoom/IndustryData/Pages/default.aspx from the loan servicing people.
Also use...
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Help with abandoned home
While driving for dollars, I came across an obviously abandoned home. I have been trying to find the owner but no luck getting in touch with the person.While doing research on it, I found that the taxes haven't been p...
James Orr
Odds of Getting Low Ball Offers Accepted
Above is a chart summarizing all transaction history of:- Properties sold in the MLS- From 1997 through part of 2019- Detached single family homes (no condos, townhomes or multi-family)- Summarizing 6 different cities...
Bobby Thompson
Data Sources
Hey Folks, Data nerd here. Looking for as many publicly available (free) real estate data sets as I can get my hands on. I'm also interested in curated reports or data that may be related to the real estate market (Co...
Ethan M.
Looking at potential market via Zilow Data
I recently did some data crunching on Zillow's public datasets. I wanted to see what markets have both a relatively high rent-to-price ratio and high appreciation. I came up with this list:region-name:mean-appreciatio...
Steven McCord
Data-Driven Investment in Single-Family Homes
I'm developing a software-as-a-service offering for real estate investors to find great locations -- down to the block level -- to invest in single family rentals. It is especially aimed at people looking for better y...
Genise Edwards
Am I investing where the jobs are projected to grow?
I am a big fan of data analysis (that’s my day job). John Burn’s real estate consulting firm has a warm place in my heart for all of their smart and timely analysis of the real estate market. (I don’t work for them an...
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April New Home Sales
Hello BPers,
Have a excerpt from an article, followed by a question. I am new to real estate investing and have yet to make a deal. Just wanted some insight from the BP community.
A quote from cnbc.com...