What Area of the Country to Invest in?

[Robin L.]

We currently live in Southern California where good deals for buy and hold are pretty scarce. We don't like living here and are looking to move. My husband's industry is pretty flexible and there are jobs in many parts of the country. We are currently looking at Denver, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas and Nashville. What should we be looking for to determine if an area has a profitable real estate market?

[Kevin Fox]

Hey @Robin L.

There is a GREAT market for REI down here in San Diego.

Don't let the cash-flow gestapo on this site scare you away from what Fortune and Realtor.com ranked in the top 3 best Real Estate markets to invest in 2016 :)

If you do ultimately decide to go out of state to invest, PLEASE put in every bit of effort needed to establish a strong OOS team. No matter how great of a deal you find, without the right agent, property manager, vendors, etc; you will NOT see the types of returns that led you out of state in the first place.