We pay more but I'm not sitting in traffic 3 hours a day.

The only time where it goes hand in hand is, if the neighbourhood is deteriorating (in the McDonald example is when traffic is diverted when a new road is built, or if there is a migration out of a neighbourhood where business is going down and so your NOI as well as the value of the business).

The demographics, income levels, population counts, traffic counts lend to only small mom and pop commercial wanting to be there.In those areas a 1 million dollar deal might be the largest you see and infrequent.

Otherwise, you would need a checklist of a million things like:  does the neighbor have a dog, are you in the path of air traffic, does the school bus stop in front....Those factors all play into the appraised value and price we set for a property.It is not just a numbers game for us.  

Land in Texas, especially around Houston area, has been too expensive. 1 acre on decent traffic streets are going for $300 to 500k. 

Do you think it will drive more calls or more web traffic?

We ride our bikes to Gruene too, but now the traffic is getting bad because of construction.

Traffic is "very interesting" especiallyin the rain. 

Vinyl plank flooring for high traffic areas is $2 a square foot. 

This forum has helped me in so many ways - find and analyzing deals, networking w/ investors, and portfolio planning (tax benefits/asset protection), list goes on.I would definitely listen to some podcasts during the 5fwy traffic jams :)1) Norada2) SimplePassiveCashFlow3) Joe Fairless4) Invest FourMore5) Epic Real Estate (Matt Theriault)6) Mark J Kohler (CPA)Happy investing!