Maybe it's time to get back into real estate? Sure, it may not be that prices will soar like they did in recent years but it's almost certain that they're not going to slump like they did in the last couple of years.

In fact, now that prices have come back to reasonable levels thnis might be the very time to go back into the market. You can, as a result of all of the government help being given, lock in low interest rates on a mortgage and rents haven't fallen along with prices. It can actually be possible to be cash flow positive on a place bought to rent out now for example. And the craziness has left the market, thankfully.

But if you're going to go back into the market, where are you going to look? I've found this great guide to virginia real estate, really helpful. For it allows you to see the houses on the market from a huge number of different agents. Plus, they give not just the details of the house provided by the agent but also comparative information about other houses for sale in the same locality. Plus of course information about that locality itself.

It's the information about the other houses available that seems so important to me actually: it gives you a good idea of whether the house you are looking at is usual for the area, larger, smaller, whatever.

Go have a look: if you're thinking of getting back into the market that looks like a very good tool.