Improvements can also figure heavily in the investment value of a home.

Older renters with a sense of investment value realized they would get no later or better offer, he said, and accepted the board's terms.

If anyone asks, I just collect old stuff for the investment value.

The investment value comes from the floating price of similar assets on the open market.

For example, in the software industry, litigation costs are twice the investment value.

Another gauge of a design's investment value is its provenance.

It does not agree to pay the face amount of the policy plus the investment value.

"I didn't want to hear about the investment value."

Large homes appear to remain popular for their investment value, too.

She believed strongly in the investment value of real estate.