RE Development/Market Analysis and Tools

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Hi,

I am brand new to this forum, I found it through a Google search "commercial real estate development forum". I would like to start by thanking everyone for accepting me into your community. Please forgive my inexperience if I am in the wrong place.

I am looking to buy my first home and obviously I want to maximize the upside potential. I am not looking to be a 'Flipper' I would just like to educate myself on RE market analysis so I can make the best decision for my family.

I have been looking for tools to use to evaluate the RE market in certain areas. One method I thought of would be to look at the RE developments currently under construction or projected to begin shortly in a specified area that may impact values.

Can anyone direct me to a resource that would allow me to look up current or projected developments within a given location?

I am also open to any other advice/tools that can be used to evaluate and possibly predict the swings of the RE market(s).

How do the pros do this?

Also, if anyone knows of any specific areas poised for high growth (with supporting data) within the next few years please let me know.

Thanks!