Target college towns, just on the border of desirable neighborhoods.

Using Google Maps, Google Earth or any other version or combination of versions of free software out there, how can someone create a professional-looking site map to be used as a marketing exhibit showing a site:1) with the 1-3-5 miles rings around it, and2) showing the company logos of nearby, nationally recognized companies by importing said logos into the map and pasting them on top of the locations of those businesses, and3) inserting text blocks where, for instance, one could depict traffic counts of the frontage road by inserting the text block with the desired text into the map and pasting it on top of the road(s).Again, I want to do this all quickly, efficiently, professionally and for free.Can anyone suggest a process or software or make any recommendations?

Had they been renting they could have packed up and moved somewhere with better prospects.Many desirable areas are very expensive to buy but fairly cheap to rent.

You definitely dont wanna come across as a shark that smells blood in the water like Doug experienced...you're dead in the water if you do.Honestly, though, probate is a great niche if you work it right, I've bought multiple properties a number of times where the deceased had a small portfolio and the heirs had no desire to be real estate investors and viewed it as a huge headache.

I did rather like it before, and without the awards easily see able, my desire to keep acquiring them for myself sort of waned.

I can understand the desire to keep something free and clear, especially if it's your primary residence.

It is not a matter of what is trendy or acceptable in your immediate circle, what matters is whom you desire to do business with and your desire to make your business experience as easy as possible.

I work in engineering and I'm seeing several developer clients dusting off projects they shelved in 2007-2009 and trying to get them going again, will new inventory drop the bottom out of prices or spur further purchases of nice clean new homes in desirable areas.So until some of this volatility has a chance to stabilize, it is going to be very difficult to see where the market is trending.

Is it the overall desirability and livability of climate?

A postive attitude and a desire to do what you really want are REQUIRED to do this.