Personally, I look for markets with diverse/modern industries and economies, growing populations (although surpsisingly, Buffalo is growing), growing jobs and incomes.

It is more an art than a science, always case by case.PS.

Per this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

So to my point, you could try and choose something that you would find to be potentially difficult to teach yourself alone and where you could really benefit from having a professor walk you through the process via homework, test, papers, office hours, etc.For example, I was an Economics major, business/communications minor but I have an interest in Computer Science.

The contrast would inexpensively drastically modernize the exterior.

The grey shaker is very cool and modern!

Matching is a science for us, and we do everything we can to reach investors, realtors whoever has that quality property.

If they are modern and the rest of the home is nice it will probably not make a much difference.On a SFR it will impair the use of the yard space in the summer, that will put you in the same category as a corner lot.IMO a lot of major inner city roads are equal or worse than a freeway, because of ambulance and police cars, accelerating traffic and the occasional nonsense souped up car.I down own a property on a major street, so this is just my humble opinion.

@Nabeel Mahmud that's a tough go...I use American Modern for non-conforming properties: https://www.amig.com/ Not sure if they are in your area or not.

I will say though, that modern architecture is really difficult to do well.