Aloha,It would not matter to me as a buyer, but depending on the local culture, it may seriously shrink your potential buyer/renter pool.

Is the county population growing or shrinking?

If you miss that window the buyer pool will really shrink then.Master bath rip that piece of crap fiberglass out of there.

The rain forests which are the oxygen-producing lungs of the earth are shrinking in an alarming rate due to over-deforestation.2.

Unless there is a shrink on staff - or someone teaching these people new ways to fill the void - I don't see the value add in this context.

Stay out of it . you are a landlord , not a shrink .

David, My heart goes out to the communities where the main industry is shrinking.

You may not care, but I'm sure a lot of contractors don't want to shrink their customer pool.Also, I will get better pricing than you on the materials I furnish.  

This includes: Important Demographic Information: income levels, education levels, crime data, vacancy rates, percentage of owner occupant versus rental occupancy, median home price and appreciation for the last 25, 5, and 1 year.Economic data: Who are the major employers that drive the local economy, are they growing or shrinking, what is the population growth, and is it growing or shrinking?

The county population is shrinking steadily at about 3% per year for the last 40 years.