I just bought all the drywall, cement board, and a 3/4 full thing of red guard water proofing that I need for my entire bathroom remodel for no joke $110, that would have cost me $400+ at the store but someone else who already finished their bathroom just had a ton left over.

Also, I have heard success stories of folks finding good contractors at the home improvement stores early in the AM.

Need a place to store it and this place looks awesome!! 

I'm a civil engineer, and for example, I do the civil engineering/permitting for many Gas-Station & Convenience Store.

I just subscribed to Pro, but I seem to have 2 different accounts: one for this part of the site and another for the store.

I'm not crazy about the big box stores as they seem to charge too much. 

If so, make sure to visit/know of the grocery stores, restaurants, things to do, etc around the area even if just driving by.

And finally, while there are likely some pro accounts that will only give you discounts if you are licensed, most will let anyone sign up, and are often based on volume spent at that store anyways.

Two groups that I will consider investing with again are Colony Hills Capital for multi family and FNRP, which specializes in grocery and big box store anchored retail spaces.  

The first neighborhood I would look at is anything next to infrastructure - if it has grocery stores, malls, gas stations.