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Rational and objective investment decision making in real estate market must be based on credible defined criteria, which require the use of different data and information. The article contains the author's proposal how to systematize the information and data used in the real estate investment decision making process. The data are systematized in a three-dimensional arrangement taking into account the spatial extent of the analysis (area), four criteria of the highest and best use of property and time (current, historical and projected data). The article is a part of the statutory research carried out at the Department of Investment and Real Estate at the University of Economics in Katowice, concerning information barriers of real estate market development.