I would like to network with professionals, seek advice and help.Something about my background, I am software product manager and really enjoy math and data analysis.

Most have no real feel for the market, they are just looking at data.

I find generally that Redfin (where available) has some great data on home sales.

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Over time you will have more data and be able to make better estimates.Warren

If you do a 1031 you can defer the tax, but if you don't you could end up with less cash by selling than by refi.Rather than use the amount of equity or the relationship between appreciated price and rent, I'd use other criteria.Around the end of the year when accumulating data for taxes, I take a look at the relative profitability of a property.

But data consistently shows that there are more absentee purchases in 37013 than ant other zip in Davidson on a monthly basis.

do you have any 3-6 month sold ARV data?

CANADIAN CITIES BARRIE, ON MAPLE RIDGE, BC PITT MEADOWS, BC VANCOUVER, BC SURREY, BC CALGARY, AL Paul, I would contest that your Canadian data is old.

After some time, you should have actual data that you can use.Since the 50% rule works well, I use it when analyzing property.