Do you feel like there is art stores that would want to put a store in there ?

In recent years agents have spent lots of money and time on the latest marketing fad, social media.

People still live in the apartments above the stores along that street!

I would buy stuff from the stores.

I know sales in this business matter but entertaining calls from unqualified buyers, buyers window shopping, or newbie investors who might potentially remember how nice you were and refer you to a few 1000 friends they have across social media is very important these days for any business.

Third, I have a store of food and know basic garden growing and home canning techniques.

I agree with both of you that real estate is always local and it's of limited use to discuss the "US housing market" as if it's a homogenous entity - yet that's what you always see and hear discussed on the mainstream media, and to some extent I think that news drives a lot of decisions on the local level.

Further, because it is a snippet, like always in media, you do not get to the part where she elaborates.

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For example, Biology - many companies, labs, and related stores are run out of buildings that sit on real estate.