One of the questions I get frequently is ” Where are the best places to invest” or Where are the “emerging” markets? I am going to share with you how to do research and how you can take advantage of top class information.

Here are two methods I use:

I like to simply follow the money. There are companies that have massive marketing budgets to analyse this for us. You just need to know where to look.   Their are  guidelines put out by mortgage company and the federal government in regards to underwriting guidelines for specific areas.  They tell you where its good, and where its bad.

Go to www.MGIC.com,

The above link will take you directly to the MARKET TREND ANALYSIS 

THEN I WILL USE THE SEARCH BAR ON THE SITE TO LOOK FOR ANY “RESTRICTED MARKETS”

Last update in Aug 2012 removed references, however market trends are still critical to your research

One other source I use is www.HousingAlerts.com – its not cheap, but it makes my life easy!