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@Tonye Jack I'm certainly not an expert on these markets but I do track the economic and demographic trends in about a dozen markets including these two so I know them from a macro level.

Looking at macro data will keep you on the sidelines forever...it's fun to talk about "market" but that is not how real estate works...you market is your neighborhood...whether or not the economy tanks has nothing to do with buying deals.

Lots of macro reasons to hold real estste right now vs other fake asset classes.

A lot of people from out of area look at the macro-level Cleveland numbers and assume the worst.

I will evict the tenant for being too noisy and bothering other tenants when the police are there too many times, but I will only know how many times the police are there when other tenants complain about the noise.

(straight from the FED economic data siteThat graph speaks for itself.We haven't really started creating more stuff (I'm talking macro here), in fact, in general people discuss supply chain issues, labor shortage issues, etc. causing supply to drop here and there.

These parameters will help decide what kind of yields you are searching for, which you can use to filter down your list of macro markets.Then I would start by looking at the macro market's fundamentals, that is the population, job and income growth over time.After that, I would look to see what the rents and home prices are and how those are trending as well.I would do a similar analysis, but at the sub-market level for the metro area you are considering investing in.Other metrics that I find valuable to understand are household income, poverty, unemployment, and educational attainment.

Anyone listen to macro voice podcast with erik Townsend?

I have taking an interest in macro/micro economics.Unfortunately for me I'm a retail manager so we arw considered essential.