(Investigate the presence of Fortune 100 companies and industry diversity, using resources like metropolitan council reports and broker websites (e.g., CBRE, Colliers).)Affordability: Ensure household income has grown at least 1% YoY for the past 20 years.

From their SEC filings: "The Company completed over 85 smaller acquisitions from the time of its initial public offering until the present, which allowed the Company to enhance and expand its presence in the aggregates marketplace...." https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916076/000...I'm not a fan of coal as a product.

I'm optimistic about Marshall Square (eastern Little Village) with the proximity to the pink line & Pilsen along with a decent retail presence in the area.I think Canaryville is a bit underrated since I hardly hear anyone talk about it.

They will still use local vendors so your costs won't compress because of their nationwide presence. 

Try to build a social media presence around what you are doing.

The owners of those properties follow me on IG as well but I feel the deals were a result of my FB presence.

Despite competitive pricing and efforts, the house remains unsold, facing challenges such as the presence of an electrical pole on the property.

Has to do with proving "legal presence".So I research it.

@Ryan Boltman as someone mentioned earlier, Amazon already has a presence on the western side of town in Bessemer, but now they've bought the old Century Plaza mall in the Irondale/Eastwood area and are in the process of demoing that old mall and will start a new facility there too....So Amazon seems to think highly of our little Southern piece of pecan pie.I've been investing in and around Bham since 1992, so I've seen a lot of ups and downs.

Curious how other people go about building their websites and doing SEO regularly so their online presence is better and hopefully opens up a new line of incoming leads!