Look for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's) that have growing populations, growing jobs, modern/diverse economies where businesses are investing capital.

I recently purchased a 6 acre, ready to build plot in south county RI and am looking for a home builder to discuss construction of a modern farmhouse ranch style home.

If you are thinking about adding AC or other modern amenities, you'll be spending a lot of money.

(Though of course technology is its own headache.)

Renovated 10 of the apartments with modern fixtures and finishes to attract great tenants.

We shoot idiots into space on rockets and build flying cars, bragging about how good technology is getting, but my county alone is 80,000 affordable housing units short of demand...we are in a housing crisis that we as a nation have never experienced...Housing a bunch of high wage earning white people is just not appealing to me on any level.

It was in pretty good shape overall for its age having had various updates through the years,  but in a perfect world it was going to need work to correct awful floor plan (made by combining two small main floor units into a larger one) and the roof was going to need replacing in 5 years,  and it needed some other upgrades and modernizing if I was going to keep it longer.   

All electrical outlets and switches were modernized as well.

Renovating the kitchen and creating an open/modern feel in the living space of this house really puts in on a different level.

It is livable but quite dated and we would want to modernize/ make more energy efficient and maybe even add a small in law unit if he would like to stay in the home as well.