Its near some large companies and some industrial and manufacturing.  

Having been in the insurance industry for so long, you tend to want the "path of least visibility," because we all know people love to sue "deep pockets."

Welcome to BP, sounds like you are in the industry, way to go!

It's great to have another industry professional join our ranks.It's sweet that you have both experience as an agent and as an investor.

You've already got your foot in the door of the industry.

Hi all,Quick intro - I am a CPA working for big accounting firm in downtown Chicago, spializing large RE clients, REITs, and financial industry clients.

My business was really prospering, just in time for the market to tank and for AMC's to begin their choke-hold on the industry.

Government, an economic indicator that relates to labor, material and services.Marketing aspects of related industries, from timber to plastics.Insurance companies watch trends as it relates to new costs of construction and trickles through to premiums and losses.Hedge funds, the mortgage industry, securities, REITs are related to macro assessments.My point is that the closest aspect of macro numbers to your market is to motivation of buyers and sellers, temporary attitudes that may tell an owner "I should sell now" or "I need to hold off" but usually these temporary motivations or attitudes don't make it to the level of making a buy or sell decision, all such thoughts are simply indicators to form an opinion to lean toward further analysis of a personal situation.All real estate is local.

I owe another company in automotive industry, which is LLC and is classified as S-Corp.

And in my case, I have had the privilege of having some of the best mentors in my industry.