A year ago my wife and I bought our first house. Since then, it has increased in value by almost $200,000. Wow!! And that in the middle of a housing market slump!
On the other hand, not everyone did so well. It's a bit like playing the stock market right? WRONG! The difference is that, with a home, the value is tied to the neighborhood. And neighborhood prices move together fairly evenly. In other words, all you have to do is buy a house in the right neighborhood to do well.
Which brings me to my next tool. I'm tying home sales aggregate data to a Google-map so that you can see both average appreciation heat-maps and average rate of appreciation heat-maps. The idea is, you type in the address of the home you're interested in and my "Appreciation Map" tool will show you the heat map of the area. Cool no?
Anyway, if you would like to get a head-start on the tool, feel free to join my tool-tester's club. The only thing I ask in return is for FEEDBACK!! If you find the tools useful or not, I want to know. It doesn't help me improve my tools if you don't give feedback.
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Periodically, I'll be sending out information about free tools I collect to gather information and make faster real-estate decisions. Please considering sharing with my if you know of any good tips and information sources. Send me a note at info@home-buying.net.
Get the freebies!!! Just let me know if you want to get the freebie data I'm sending out. In fact, this week I've found a real gem of an investment home in Fair Oaks, CA which should easily provide a healthy 300% return on investment. I took a bunch of pictures:
Tahoe-style Cabin in Fair Oaks, CA
