hell even the liqueur store when I bought under age was there. 

I happily manage them myself but I want to retire in 7 years at the ripe old age of 55.

Looked at average prop age, leading industries, average sales price, average monthly rent, average household income, number of fortune 1k companies, average appreciation over last year and last 10 years, and finally cost of living index.

No one who lives on a small city lot really wants to go to the mess and expense of getting rid of a problem tree, so if it's a maple or an oak, it just grows and grows and grows...Because the repair runs in the thousands (as you've seen) when the owner of an aging investment property learns that they have a compromised sewer line, there's a strong impulse to hide the defect and sell.

I usually don't give major consideration to the component replacements, though i do track the age of furnaces, hot water heaters and roofs on every property with a spread sheet. 

Two years ago (age 23) I put in my hard saved 13k into an FHA loan for a SFH that I bought at $450k... it's a 3 bedroom/2bath property that I had a couple people live in the additional rooms.

If I was single I’d be renting out 2 of the 3 rooms in my unit and living for free, but with a wife, 2 kids (too big of age difference to share a room), and pets, it’s not practical.

More specifically, I'm looking for city development, growth, demographic info (age, income, etc), industry information, etc.  

My biggest advantage has always been my age (28 currently) and enthusiasm for the industry.

What is the age of the building and what will need to be done to bring it up to code?