Things that are important for me are being closer to T, major school/colleges, grocery stores, highways etc. 

I can't wait to see what the next year holds in store!

I know for a fact they have stolen from local stores.

Yesterday we had a tenant rep broker reached out to us saying he has a potential tenant (franchise, pastry type of store) who expresses interest in our space but after checking our exclusive agreement with one of our tenants it will violate that agreement so had to turn them down.

Could you point me to an example fake granite slab that can be used in the shower, maybe from one of the big box stores?

Any of the big box store stuff will be able to be kicked in pretty easily if someone is determined. 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/house-hacking-ultimate

@Tom MatousekAdditional savings hack: Depending on if you bleed blue or orange, start at the second closest store you want to buy from, take their bid to the competitor then take that second bid to the closest store you want to work with.

Scott in the BiggerPockets book store. 

They don’t even ask.. so if they live like pigs, they aren’t going to change that for a $50 gift card to the local grocery store.