It's a powerful tool for real estate investors; but also crucial to our economy as a whole.It’s something economists spend considerable resources tracking & attempting to adjust on federal and state government levels; but this dynamic is often better demonstrated on city/town levels simply because the results are more readily seen.Let's take for example a small town that needs a traffic light; but can only afford a stop sign.

That's about the extent of my real estate knowledge.How I got here: My day job costs me a 2-hour commute M-F, so I quickly decided to splurge on an Audible account so that I can gain some knowledge while I zone out in SoCal traffic.

@Derek Hemerick:Unfortunately, our house is STILL on the market in Clovis, but we've had quite a bit of traffic lately as the market picks up a bit.

You'd be surprised the amount of traffic I pull from there.

The property was on MLS before the auction, that's how they drive traffic to the auction.

I was reading the Wall Street Journal the other day and I came across an intresting article about these pixel sites on the internet that offer to put your advertisement on a page in order to increase you're traffic.

External obsolecence or aspects of less desirable elements are also considered such as being near a factory where noise or odors are present, high traffic areas or poor condition of surrounding properties are evaluated as well.

I am re-building my websites right now to incorporate a word press so I can blog to generate more traffic.

I own 2 commercial buildings on a very high traffic 4 lane road (50,000 + per day) very good location, purchased 15 years ago and used it for my company, expanded to another building next door.  

Home remodel will be hard since you have to attend school in the day, but some kind of traffic-critical construction, emergency tradesman, or off-hour landscaper could be possible. if none of those are possible, get a traditional teen job and save up as much money as possible. once you graduate, go to college.