The Serenity Prayer of Reinhold Niebuhr, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.Living one day at a time; enjoying one mo...

I'm looking to buy my first investment property this year. I'll probably out of state due to high prices and high taxes in my home state. I'm a data scientist, so I started building a dataset to start exploring where ...

Intro: I wanted to reach out to the greater BP community to get some comments/help on my approach to finding off-market multi-family deals. A lot of what I see related to finding deals in my area is the use of MLS, dr...

Hey everyone, I'm a newbie here looking to get more involved into the real estate game. With interest rates so skyhigh, makes me wonder if there are some drops coming in home prices. Hopefully allowing me to become a ...

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...

Hi all,I have been signed up for a while, but not really active on the forums, so here I am!In my day job, I am the regional product manager for Microsoft's online content business in the middle east (basically MSN.co...

Among the many things I've learnt about real estate is how crucial it is to use data when analyzing markets and making investments. I think that data should guide our decisions, even if some people may rely on their e...

I read religiously read Curbed  Philadelphia as it provides the heartbeat for what is happening in this thriving city. I stumbled across this article published last month. It highlights the fact that as the city has b...

I wanted to share this Zillow research I found while seeking a more data-driven approach to evaluating local rental markets...I was surprised to find "In my preferred neighborhood" didn't even make the top ten factors...

There are a lot of threads asking about specific markets which always generate great discussion. I love data, so below is a data driven answer. They seem pretty optimistic with "average flip profits at 20% to 33%" but...