7 property types...that you should sure as hell avoid
http://nreionline.com/finance-investment/seven-property-types-buy-2016

Seriously, who writes this shit? Every one of these property types is overvalued with unsustainably low cap rates. 
[{"id": "cypweeo", "text": "Maybe I missed something OP, but I don't see from the article how you can say for any of these *property types* a specific value or cap rates is over or undervalued/sustainable or not. I would agree that the article is useless in that it provides zero useful information. \n\nIs investment condition score a commonly used thing? I've never heard of it. ", "replies": [{"id": "cyqmsve", "text": "I'm saying as an opinion - this article listed out a bunch of property types I'd call expensive on a relative value basis and said to go buy them in 2016. I think the article is awful advice for any buyer...", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cypwoe1", "text": "I'd rather invest in clickbait.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cyq1muo", "text": "What makes you say hotels are overvalued?  ", "replies": [{"id": "cyqmcu5", "text": "Record RevPARs that aren't going to last....well above inflation NOI growth...cap rates in the 6% and sometimes below range. More construction inventory coming online in 2016-2017 in most major markets. ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cyq9d9j", "text": "So investors should just sit on the sidelines?", "replies": [{"id": "cyqmoy0", "text": "Hold on to what you have, look for cash-flowing, positive leverage assets. Now isn't the time to buy...\n\nAs an investment fund, one should have the capability to overweight other sectors which are more countercyclical or cheap right now. If the direct buying opportunities aren't available, I'd buy into core and core-plus REIT debt. \n\nI just think this article is...retarded. CBD Office? Are you kidding me? Way too much construction and vacancies are pretty much a guarantee to kick up soon. 3% cap rates on some Class A core office? That's not what I call relative value. Power Centers? Right...because there's nothing more desirable than to gain tenant credit exposure to companies like Best Buy's and Big Lots. \n\nSmart buyers have been doing exactly this - Blackstone, Equity Residential, Ivanhoe Cambridge, sovereign wealth funds, etc. ", "replies": [{"id": "cyqn1pm", "text": "You're making real estate out to be a lot more black and white than it actually is. An investor will still buy those tenants if store performance is good and the underlying real estate is strong. If the tenant goes out, retenanting a box could compress your cap rate 100 bps easily. \n\nBlackstone still buys community and neighborhood centers. See acquisition of Excel Trust. Black stone still buys a lot. \n\nIf you have a fund to buy real estate, investors and shareholders want you to buy real estate.", "replies": [{"id": "cyqolgy", "text": "To me you both make well rounded points. Real estate isn't totally black and white, and the numbers will still need to work for whatever strategy the buyer is deploying. \n\n\n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cyue1bl", "text": "The article is based on the quarterly RERC survey. I'm a participant and reader of the survey and don't think NREI is using the results in a meaningful manner. I saw this article and decided not to link it in /r/CREresearch and agree with OP's sentiment.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]