Looking for tips to finding a market

[Cristian Castillo]

Hello, So I'm pretty new just been absorbing the BiggerPockets podcast (started at the 1st up to 62nd) and I'm just have some question about finding a market. How does one find its boundaries of a market? By zip codes? Certain streets? Towns? City's? And any other major bullet points on the statistics to look for in markets would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to look at this. Hope your winning today!

[Craig Curelop]

@Christian Castillo - There are good and bad deals in every market. My advice would be to start in your own backyard. If you can't afford Chicago, maybe you go to the suburbs or maybe even as far as Milwaukee? That way you are a quick drive from anywhere. You can be present and learn. 

To answer your question above, here is a list of sites that I think may be useful:

www.bestplaces.net

www.census.gov

www.geometrix.com

www.city-data.com

www.socialexplorer.com

www.costar.com

www.colliers.com

For crime & safety:

www.spotcrime.com

www.familywatchdog.com

www.neighborhoodscout.com

www.crimereports.com

www.walkscore.com