This is part 1 of my conversation with Stefan Tsvetkov, Stefan is the founder of RealtyQuant, a company that brings data-driven and quantitative techniques to the real estate industry. He is on a mission to add industry value through education, investment, technology, and analytics. He has been featured on over 30 Podcast/Webinar events including Elevate, Best Ever Real Estate Show, The Apartment Guys etc. Organizer of Finance Meets Real Estate live webinar series, with ~3000 subscribers and over 70 live webinars.

In this episode, Stefan explains that there is a correlation between real estate valuations and economic cycles, and that when affordability decreases, it leads to a decrease in property values. He points out that it is harder to predict real estate valuations at the county level than it is at the state level. He advises ...