Realty Flipping Guide

I get asked the following question from time to time:
Winston what is the best time of the year to buy or invest in real estate? 
I have been in real estate sales and finance since 1995 and I would usually say that towards the end of the year was the best time of the year to purchase a property. Why do I say this?

Less competition
Less competition
Less competition

I never had the hard stats to prove it but you could just get a feel for it based on market conditions. Towards the end of the year I would get less activity from:

advertisements
listings
referrals
etc etc

I got to thinking and so I came across this section in Google called Google Trends. Google Trends lets you see what people are searching for over a selected period of time. I found an interesting trend for the search for “real estate” in the United States.
Analyzing “Real Estate” Trends on […]

Original post by Winston Westbrook and software by Elliott Back