While his premise seems logical, it is in-fact not supported by data.

I thought I would share the data with the community. 

Like @Bryant Xavier pointed out we see steady appreciation and rent rate growth thanks to the demand driven by the university.  

Hire me to get your data from counties to be the first to access them (the leads that is they all come from county records and the like).

design one for yourself. think about your market. like in columbus we have infill lots at 30x120 and so we developed and designed a house for ourselves. we build the same house and continue to Make modifications. it's the only new build we offer to build for clients. that's just my opinion. architects we didn't even use we looked at national builder Floorplans and decided. our typical lot is 3000-4000 square feet that we build on 

@Lymarie CervoniCheck out Melissa data.

Anybody has the historic yearly appreciation data on storefront retail spaces in mixed-use (with hundreds of residential spaces above) commercial real estate? 

It will take some work and flexibility on design, but it isn't that hard.Here is a pretty good article on the subject of furniture depreciation - https://www.business-accounting.net/how-to-depreciate-furnit...Get with your CPA to make sure you meet all the requirements.

For accurate STR underwriting, you’ll want tools that can provide real-time market data.

Fun fact: I used to lead data team in realtor.com so many of the data inside the market analytics was my project 😀