Delving deeper into the geographical jargon of market tiers sheds light on investment trends and value-add opportunities that would have gone overlooked just a decade ago. The real estate industry is known for its shorthand captioning of complex topics, often assuming that industry participants share common background knowledge. Since this is not always the case, delving a little further into the geographical jargon of market tiers sheds light on investment trends and value-add opportunities that would have gone overlooked just a decade ago.