Here’s how it works: any community in the United States is going through an economic cycle. In this cycle, there is a time to get in that market, time to hold your investments to allow for appreciation, and a time to get out (and stay out!). Because of the nature of our economy, these cycle points are relative: a market is only good if it strong relative to the other markets.

 The RealSource Economic Model is designed to isolate each of these components of the cycle to give recommendations to our clients. Technically, an integrated series of multivariate equations were developed and tested using simultaneous regression techniques to give a measure of how a community’s “investability” changes over time. In other words, we’ve measured each community’s sensitivity to change in many different demand and supply variables, and then built a weighted index for each community.

 We use this model to determine investment potential for each individual community relative to other locations in the US. Of course, when unanticipated events occur (such as a major employer opening or closing a facility); this new information is quickly factored into our recommendations.

The point is this: you are looking for an investment opportunity. The RealSource Economic Model does the dirty work for you by identifying those communities where investment is likely to have greater returns relative to other places.

The RealSource Economics Team doesn’t stop there. Once you’ve done your due diligence and chosen to invest in a particular community, we provide quarterly market updates to keep you informed of where the community is headed. You have access, as a RealSource client or partner, to these reports via our web-based client services area. When it appears that it is time to get out of a particular market, we provide you with information to help you make that choice.