They are getting a lot more difficult and this trend will probably continue.

I'll do the floors again before I sale it... and do them in whatever the trend is then.

Really look at employment and population trends. 2. 

It's hard to spot those areas if you're not familiar but just keep an eye out on market trends, new construction and rental availability/pricing.

I would start by evaluating market trends in both locations.

But the simplest one to predict future appreciation is just as simple as counting the trend of home inventory/market absortion rate.For example, nothing more beautiful than ZHI chart from Kihei in Maui and its declining home supply for sale.This is particularly a reason, why during inflation, home price keeps going up, simply because less people is selling their home thus increase in the competition.

What you can do is examine the comps/previous sale of that house and compare it to the neighbor, is the trend the same?

The question has more to do with trends in construction costs rather than immediate ROI.Let me know if I'm still not making any sense.

Account Closed yes, if you're comfortable doing things remotely, I think Kansas City is a much better place to invest in than RI in terms of economic prospects, trends, etc.

I am interested in long term rentals with positive cash-flow and a yearly rental ROI of 8-10% with value appreciation of about 3% or more if possible.I see that Ft Myers, Cape Coral, Naples are the trending area according to some posts here.