I took an excel sheet I found online (from "Tactica") and tweaked it a bit to help track and compare different major cities/ different local cities by taking its population growth, labor stats, and rental stats/ multifamily stock to help someone visualize the different places and see where their next investment could be.

This will provide a helpful visual so that it won't be as intimidating on your first purchase. 

The items need not be high-end; they can be sourced affordably without compromising visual appeal.

The visualization of the BP forum is always like this :Newbie investor almost has no clue about what they are asking.

Couple grand maybe, unless there was some huge unknown problem that couldn't have visually been identified walking through the property.

lol nice, definitely makes it easier to visualize your entire portfolio. 

Check out this data visualization I made showing migration by county, the rent/price (1% rule indicator) and population data.

Here is a visualization.

I am planning to write out all of the numbers so he can visually see it and realize the situation.

It’s a little hard to visualize, is the 2nd floor patio door lead to a covered patio, or is it fully exposed exterior wall?