Market Trends and Condition

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/25/real_estate/foreclosures-cities/index.ht...

I live in the North where the winters can be long and cold so I was wondering how much things slow down from an investors standpoint during the coming months? I know the regular retail side always slows down in the winter but was just curious as to what someone with experience has to say about it.

Just trying to plan ahead for time spent and income expected during the coming months.

Thanks

Nick

To summarize the commercial projections through 2014 are down due to the stagnant economy in general which affects commercial real estate sales. Commercial Real Estate recovery generally follows Residential Real Estate recovery and is a lagging indicator.

Here is a link to the article:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-26/commercial-property-sales-ou...

Here is the text from the article:

"Bloomberg News
Commercial Property Sales Outlook for U.S.
By Nadja Brandt on September 26, 2012

The Urban Land Institute cut its forecast for U.S. commercial real estate sales by 12 percent to $748 billion through 2014 because projections for economic growth are “down considerably” from six months ago.

as far as what to offer

http://economywatch.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/07/13728411-weak-jobs-grow...

Here is a link to an article about renting versus owning and how long you would be in a home in each metro market until it made more sense to buy than rent. With the affordability of housing at record levels right now I think this is an interesting analysis. Here is the link and below please find a copy of the body of the article.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/in-most-of-us-buying-beats-renti...

One thought that came to mind when reading the article is if you just took the metro areas that had the shortest time period to make owning more beneficial than renting wouldn't that make a nice list of cities to consider investing in if you were investing remotely? This would be especially true for a buy, fix and hold investor.

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to talk about a subject that we are all aware of, BEING COOL! Lots of things in life are cool, and yes even a city is a cool place to live. Specific places come to mind when I think of cool. Why is this important in your investing? Because if a place is desirable to live and considered hip and cool then it will sell much quicker, those are the kinds of places you want to find your deals. There was an article in Forbes on Aug. 13th that listed the top ten coolest/hippest cities to live in. These are all great places to find deal for your investments.

America's 10 hippest cities
Forbes.comBy Morgan Brennan | Forbes.com – Mon, Aug 13, 2012 12:58 PM EDT

10. New York, NY
Metro Division: New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ
Arts & Culture Index: 100

Reading newspapers and watching the news, it is clear that many people question and wonder if the real estate market is starting to pick up. For the past few months, sales have been increasing primarily by small investors across the country, who, are taking advantage of buying foreclosures, short sales and distressed properties. However, did prices start to rise? What drive’s prices in the real estate market are jobs, not investor’s. Politicians are arguing how many new jobs they’re creating, but what about all the jobs Americans lost when companies started to outsource to China? With all optimism, do we see jobs coming back?

Hey all DG fam,
I have some troubling news just comming in from a REA! I was refered to the REA for my area by my partners REA broker he had repore with ( she recommended one for his area and one for mine to double the chances of our success). I live in Jacksonville fl and the agent in jax told me that the market is turning if not turned already. We are relying on no money down stratigies and assignments to build some cash to start we both have not so good credit so financing is slim to none. With my market turning and us having no money does that mean we have missed our window of sucess for my area? Worried severly!!! Any words of any kind will be most helpfull please help!

I have the Proptrend CD come with the package, but I don't now what to do with it. How to use it and any lesson about it please. Thank you