Are they going to take pictures of the property for you and put a sign at the road?  

If you can identify a growing area where you believe the appreciation will be forced up due to stronger rents then maybe you take a hit on smaller year-over-year returns and gear up for a big splash down the road. 5.

Down the road, you will probably have to change out the "brain" that all these lights are plugged into, in order to get it to talk to iOS 15, or Android 30, or to get rid of the "plz Paypal $100 to hacker -at- example.ru to get your lights back" virus in it

But I would like to suggest that the reason most RE investors do best locally is because they see and recognize the increased activity with their own eyes and read about local changes that impact neighborhoods or areas in the local newspaper...or before, which is why local officials often own prime property when roads are announced.

So unless I go to sell it, there really wouldn't be any sense in buying a SFH as a future SFR down the road in this market.

Buy and hold type property where the government direct deposits your payment once a year in arrears. 1/2 mile highway frontage on the west, and 1 mile of county gravel road frontage on the east.

I believe with the new 130 toll road and the new upscale outlet mall off Chandler Road in Round Rock both opening in the next year the area is positioned for growth.

To give you a sense of how much of an issue a major road is, in my market, after much calculating and data tracking, I normally minus around $80K or around 10% off the comps to estimate ARV if the house backs to a major street.

Been down the road of money orders and that's not happening either.

Since your neighborhood is a good one, this could be a keeper for your long-term road to financial wealth.