In This Article If you’re an investor who’s looked out-of-state (OOS) for cash flow, you’ve probably run across Memphis, Tennessee, at one point or another. I initially dismissed the entire market due to its crime statistics and population stagnation. But that assessment is quite unfair: Real estate is hyperlocal, and there are specific neighborhoods with […]
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In This Article Key Takeaways Utah experienced the highest population growth of any state from 2008-2023. Jobs continue to be added to the Salt Lake City, Provo, and Ogden, Utah, MSAs, all of which make up the Wasatch Front. The Wasatch Front region is geographically constrained by lakes and mountains, similar to coastal California cities
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In This Article Key Takeaways Looking at the data, there appears to be no meaningful correlation between how a state voted in past presidential elections and median home price growth over the same time period. Zoning restrictions do limit housing supply at the city level, which can put upward pressure on prices. However, zoning restrictions
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In This Article What will likely happen to real estate during the next recession? I cannot see the future, and I’m sure to be wrong. But I’ll look at what happened in the past to make an educated guess. Median sales price of homes sold since 1970 (Shaded areas indicate U.S. recessions) The Three Types
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In This Article What might be the top three cash flow markets for investors in 2025? I not only looked at price and rent data to find out, but I also narrowed down results by overall job growth. I wouldn’t want to invest in a shrinking market, no matter how good the cash flow was.
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In This Article I currently live in Los Angeles, for better or worse. Yes, there’s crime. Yes, there’s a homeless problem. And yes, it’s unfriendly to business, even the film business. But the food is world-class, the weather is unbeatable, the culture is diverse, the beach is nearby, and so are the mountains. As one
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In This Article In this analysis, I didn’t want to include markets that are still growing and already on everyone’s radar, like Boise, Idaho; Raleigh, North Carolina; and, of course, Austin, Texas. Instead, I wanted to feature less popular markets that are still experiencing strong job, income, population, and household growth—all metrics that point to
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In This Article Zillow published its Market Heat Index for March 2025 earlier this month. The data may be a month old, but with respect to real estate sales data, this is about as recent as it gets (while not sacrificing accuracy). Out of the top 300 markets (by size), the top 10 seller’s markets
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In This Article According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Q1 GDP growth in 2025 was negative (-0.3%, to be exact). According to the BEA, “The decrease in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected an increase in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and a decrease in government
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In This Article I was recently asked by a fellow investor what I thought of the Omaha, Nebraska, market and if it was a good place for out-of-state investors to find cash flow or appreciation. I looked at price, rent, growth, and supply data from the Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Building
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