What metrics do you consider when considering a buy and hold market? Are there specific statistics to indicate whether an area is undervalued and going to experience sustainable, long term growth? This could be identi...

Hi BP Community,
What are some of the main criteria's you look for when researching a market you are not familiar with? In your experience, especially early on, what were some of the mistakes you made/failed to take ...

Hello BP,Newbie here and just starting my education. My question is what tricks and resources do you use to identify your local real estate market and determine if you're in a buyer/seller market, if real estate is ov...

Hello friends,Any recommendations for how you like to look for new markets to invest in?This is obviously a huge in depth question. Just any websites, resources or tools that make this daunting task a little easier.I ...

I am a new investor, meaning I am in the education phase and have never purchased any rentals.  I read constantly about real estate, both on the Bigger Pockets forums and books.Everywhere I read that in order to intel...

Hi, I've been analyzing deals in my area (Hutto, TX) for a while. I feel like I have a good pulse on the local market, but am curious if anyone has tips for identifying markets.I feel like my area is a good buy-and-ho...

I’m a newbie from San Francisco and looking for help identifying the right city / market to buy my first investment property. I know I want to buy and hold a SFH and I’m more interested in maximizing appreciation than...

Growing up in Philadelphia I watched certain sections of "downtown" and adjacent blue-collar areas become gentrified, fashionable, and very expensive.It seems to me that this is a constantly occurring phenomena of rev...

Where can we get the going cap rate in an area? Some areas multifamily properties are selling for 8 cap, while somewhere else may just be around a 5.... how do we know what the market cap rate is in any given market??

Looking for anyone who can share their strategies for identifying flip markets. I'm particularly looking around the NJ area. Does anyone use any website data, listing services, word of mouth? Just looking for the righ...