One of the sites I really like to work with is called OnBoard Neighborhood Navigator ...

One of the sites I really like to work with is called the OnBoard Neighborhood Navigator

Or in short - Onboardnavigator

This is one of the main sites I use in testing different parameters on our property environment.

We'll start on the left side of the tab called Community Information
We have two search options there. The first option by entering the address of the property and the second option by entering a city, district, neighborhood or Zip code.

For the demonstration I will choose a zip code that I know well in the suburbs of Jacksonville, Orange Park neighborhood - the zip code is 32073

Let's go over the data we get on the zip code, the population is 40,248, the average age is 39. The average salary is $ 55,923.

Population Density - this is the amount of residents living in one mile 2,441. Average family size 2,6, 30% are families with children. And the annual turnover percentage of a population is 18% - these are the percentages of people who change their place of residence, the lower the turnover percentage, it means that it is good for them and they are not looking to move to another place.

Above on the right side we can see the graph of the distribution of the stock of houses. 61% of the population are homeowners, which is also an excellent figure - and indicates a strong region. Only 8% empty houses, when this figure also includes houses that are currently foreclosed to the bank and empty houses that are offered for sale, so the amount of empty houses that are offered for rent is much lower. And 31% of the house stock are rented houses. which is also a figure that indicates a good area.

You will find many good areas for investment in Hawksy Wright - the amount of empty houses in the area will be above 10%, between 10-12% it's still a reasonable area and over 12% it's starting to be problematic areas and I would consider twice if you should invest in these areas.

When the market is stable and healthy the correct ratio is - 60, 30, 10 means 60% homeowners, 30% houses are leased, and 10% empty bytes. The higher the percentage of empty houses, the higher your risk level, the longer you will be left with a house that is not rented. You have to set yourself a limit beyond this limit. Think twice about the deal.

This point is very critical in choosing our region and strategy. If we want to find a market for betterment transactions, for example, in betterment transactions, we buy a property that renovates it and sells it to a family that will live in the property rather than for rent, so we want a market in which the percentage of homeowners is higher than those for rent. The higher the percentage of rent, the higher the level of the population and the crime will be. So you should always look for a balance between the two.

We will continue with more data on the region, you can see the average temperature in the region, the level of risk in terms of weather, what is important to us to check is the hurricanes and tornadoes and their level compared to the national average and that there is something unusual in the region that is twice the national average.

In terms of schools between 1-5, we are at level 4, which is nice. On the right side we can see the distribution of the residents according to the level of education, how many graduated from high school, how many graduated from college and how many did not graduate from high school at all.

It can be seen that only 2.5% of the population did not graduate from high school, 28.9% graduated from high school, 28% graduated from college and the rest with various degrees. We see that this is an area with a quality population.

The median family income is $ 55,923. On the left, we can see the division between the white-collar workers, who in fact are management, high-tech and office workers, which are 34% of the population and the rest of the 66 are workers called blue collar. The larger the percentage of white-collar workers, the more the population is characterized by a higher socio-economic level.

One of the most important data we can see on this site is the crime data. Notice that the red line is the national average. You can see that the area is more or less at the average crime level and nothing more.

A nice thing you can do on the site is a comparison between different 2 Zip codes. Return to the top of the page and click Comparative Community Overview
Which is also an excellent thing and gives us the possibility of comparing two different regions.

Now search Google for the following site:
Home Values ​​Onboardnavigator

There are three tabs that will give you lots of data, I recommend going through this site and learning to work with it, it's a great tool.

Enter the tab - Home Value Estimator
Enter the address of a relevant property and then start moving between the various tabs and see how much information you can get from the region, the schools, property prices, the environment, and more.

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