It is really difficult to pinpoint the best locations (dependent on strategy) and I love that you are using really hard to find data and putting them together, especially adding in the permits.

But like everyone else mentioned, it is hard to pinpoint a national average.

A very big reason for this, I know my target market's with pin-point precision. 

They can pinpoint the issue and get your garage back in action fast.I found a local guy in Portland who seems legit: https://portlanddoorsandlocksguy.com/.

At this point in the run up I pinpointed all the potential pitfalls for real estate investing in the first 11 properties.

Your goals are going to determine where you should invest, and coming from out of state can make it difficult to pinpoint without understanding the area. 

You can make or lose a pile of money in any of those.Thanks but I would rather pin point my self to a specific location before flying across the ocean.I am invest in real estate here for some time so I know walking is needed.

As a strategy, I also like the idea of privity between the empty shell and any third parties, keeping them far away from the entity holding the actual assets without trying to pinpoint particular causes of action that could arise against the RE investor.Overcomplication is indeed an issue, but in this case, I think having, for example, 3 entities instead of two (holdco, investco, and management co) isn't terribly overcomplicated. 

You can filter by type, size, location, and development stage to pinpoint areas with upcoming projects.News and Research: CoStar offers a news section with articles on recent and upcoming developments.

I subscribed to Pinpoint Profits recently and now that we have had a chance to actually use the program we have determined that the information is garbage and the software is very glitchy.