Can anyone recommend a good data visualization tool for population, job growth, etc.?

In 2011, the company who did the treatment had to return 4 times to totally get rid of them, but in 2017, only 1 treatment was enough. 

At auction I do my homework (title search, comps, visual inspection of the property).

I doubt Community College will teach you anything you will ever use to make money in this business.If it did, the teachers would all be driving Rolls Royce's and living in multi-million dollar mansions--they are not.If you want to learn about SFH's (the bones and the guts of them) vs being a hammer swinger putting up framing (which you don't need to go to college to do)...study to be a home inspector at someplace like the InterNachi... https://www.nachi.org/become-home-inspector.htmOnce you earn the badges you will know your stuff about SFH inspections.But still that's a big commitment and it's not needed to make money in this business...you can hire Home Inspectors, just like you can hire tax pros, bookkeeping, and etc...If you want to learn how to "put in cabinets", "replace a toilet", "shingle a roof", add a dormer, etc...you can learn on YouTube fast and easy.If you want to learn how to frame, get a job 9 to 5 with a framing contractor, and get ready to WORK HARD.Here is a 582 page picture book of how to build a house: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Visual-Guide-Building-House/dp/1600850227Sit down next to a Keurig Machine with a book like this and your favorite mug and learn at your own pace.  

I would also look under every sink and check for any leaks that you can see visually. 

I agree with you that seeing the industrial window is always best and yes window treatments can get really expensive.

About the only way you can do it is build in the county (not in a city), and when you do this you may be able to connect to municipal water but you will almost certainly have put in your own septic systems or sewer treatment, which gets expensive.  

There are people renting STR because a family member is in the hospital for weeks of treatment and they like to be close.

It had become so corroded and consequently gummed up with sludge, that the diameter was no more than 3/4".So, the point of this story is to provide some visual insight into why galvanized pipes are a risk exposure.

Research shows that brain patterns activated when going through an activity (and completing a goal) are the same as those activated by visualizing the activity and goal.