With that being said, there are some great areas in Oxnard, and the Avenue and Los Feliz are both trending upward.

FOLLOW TRENDS IN COLOR & DESIGNKeeping up-to-date signage as part of a property’s branding can help offset the perceived “aging” process that properties experience.3.

If your strategy is pure buy and hold (in contrast to forced appreciation through improvement) look for a trend of rising rents in the area - a sign of growth/consistently high and/or increasing demand for rental housing. 

There is an extreme housing shortage in the middle income area with all trends pointing to an increase of people moving into our area.

Appraiser would be market values and knowing trends in the area.

As a real estate agent in two of the hottest markets in the country -- Denver and Colorado Springs -- I get this question all the time: When will prices go down? 

@John Cannon most cities will make it an arduous battle with their zoning committees, to convert an SFR to a multi unit home.The competition for "turnkey rentals" is the hottest.

Do you see any trends like this currently that you would be willing to share?

Electrical vehicles are going to be the trend, maybe not in the immediate future, but if someone has a car in the city, chances are someone will have an EV.  

As long as this trend continues, I think we are more comfortable with this arrangement.