You may see the market that keeps going up income and salary has no relevance to the pricing , and you would see a market where everything depends on local income.Usually, when we face surprise that price does not correlate with income is becoz.... our methodology to count income is wrong all this time.Remember, home price is :1. determined by auction bid2.

I agree with your analysis methodology and does the same in looking at deals.

A heat map shows the level of crime...like this...pretty scientificThe data can be normalized for your specific location by establishing the baseline for the city, not the nation...so you can compare relative crime rates to tell where the worst stuff in the city is happening...it goes on a scale and can then be graded:Anyone that creates a crime map based on anything but this methodology is playing a fools game...its simply inaccurate.

We use price per acre methodology in the South Western States with a minimums for smaller lots.  

That methodology/thought process has gotten me far in life and I'm sure it can do the same in REI.

Just curious, would you mind sharing your methodology for grading these areas?

so following @Drew Sygit's methodology of no-horse-in-this-race observations1) didn't see the 'no pants' thing coming...thats a new one for me 2) it looks like you bought at the lowest interest rate, highest part of the market cycle so you gotta own that and a chunk of this decrease is cyclical.

Following his prescribed methodology I purchased my first investment property within 90 days and have turned many people onto it since.  

My methodology with the postcards is to use them as a first contact upon which they can call me, email me, or check out my website.

Even if the methodology they teach can be successful (which is in doubt), it certainly cannot be successful at all times in all markets.