To quote the Bloomberg article above, "Additionally, the remaining “mega-elite” workers in top-tier cities like San Francisco will struggle to find adequate service labor -- teachers, police, firefighters, healthcare workers, not to mention restaurant and retail workers.

The big heavy hitters rarely get wrapped up in it because they deal in retail numbers.Happy Hunting!

Some landlords perceive a total mess on their hands as a tenant that just departed and the walls need to be painted.

Emotion means that they are happy/happier to pay “retail” where investors are looking for a good ROI.  

If this is for several homes, the appraisal report should contain at least three reported values 1) "as is" - which presumably is the land value, 2) "as completed" - which reflects the point at which construction is completed but may not all be sold yet and 3) "as stabilized or upon sell out" - this reflects the retail value of all the homes to be sold. 

It's going to be a mixed-use retail residential development off Northside Dr and Mitchell St.

I normally like to lease since the installation goes well, the machines are maintenance and updated by a large company that only does laundry and we typically can get great technology at lower rate that purchasing full retail. 

It is a retail business that thrives in both a down market (put) as well as a growth market (option). 

The downside is that because they are stock cabinets there are not alot of 'custom' things you can do with them.PS - If you use any major retailer to install your cabinets, alot of times they will give you the cabinets for free and have you make up the cost in installation so you can save sales tax.

I have a financial planning/investments background so I'm familiar with economic reports released by the Commerce Department with data on GDP,  inflation, existing home sales, new home sales, housing starts, etc.