I can see where they would make a big visual difference, but the quality seemed very low and they felt very cheap.

The visuals and the character, I personally think It's an illusion especially If you are not living in the home who really cares.

It is not as visually appealing as the BP Calculator, but tells me what I need to know.

Pics are kind of dark, most pics have shadows, half cut-off in the angles, nothing is staged.I can't visualize where my furniture would go...

Please let me know if you think I have missed anything important as I am still learning what I should be looking for.http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/FivePines/file/capital-district-demographic-researchHere is some of that data in PowerPoint to help identify some of the visual trends.

I think a handy visual like that is great to help educate people where they stand.

I'm curious what is currently available out there for visualizing rental property trends in a given area by heat map in order to become more familiar with average rental rates and property values?

I had a pitch book.. people are visual.. my dad taught me the pitch in the early 70s  with all my color coded maps and pictures etc. you lead them through the presentation.. so you present qualify then CLOSE... most can't close don't know how to close and simply can't ask for the order.. that is the key. 

I discussed this in local mobile meetup group, if you are interested there's presentation "How much does it cost to build a mobile app" http://www.slideshare.net/jkirsakmens/how-muchdoes...Thing is for very simple ideas you can do well enough without hiring developers or learning programming languages - there are number of platforms to "stick" simple apps together by using visual tools.

Of course you can automate this with a few visual basic steps, but it can be done in a few seconds manually as well.