I will def. be posting pictures of the renovation soon and give updates on milestones as I reach them.  

Originally posted by @Colin Zhu:I am also interested to see if there are any updates.colin were you suppose to have some milestone done by today as well.. have you sent anyone out as a neutral 3rd party to do an inspection ? 

Celebrate each of these milestones to success! 

I’m surprised they building is being sold before the store even opens Open for business isn't a milestone that important for legal and investment.

Among the factors you could consider if you're looking for appreciation:* Markets with strong net population growth (here are some Census data graphs of population by MSA)* Markets where incomes are increasing (personal income data by MSA)* Markets where there's limited new housing supply being created (you could compare monthly building permits by MSA to total households by MSA)Here's a full guide on how to analyze a market.

This graph demonstrates it visually, though your return may drop faster/slower depending on circumstances:This chart shows that the property earned an 18% return the first year, but after year 10 the return has dropped below 12%.

If you invest early and often you can easily achieve that hockey stick graph for your investment balance.

I had a $1000+ bill last year and got the full data file, which had a graph showing gallons used for each 4 hour window for the past few months and a line-by-line for water flow each minute.

Other data people… but unless you plan to only invest / work with data people, you need to learn how to distill complex analytical findings into plain English.Data storytelling tip: Use simple charts and graphs.

But these areas are much less attractive as appreciation prospects.I've been graphing out Zillow market data by zip code(http://www.zillow.com/research/data/); specifically Price to Rent ratios.