who knows the memphis market?

[Craig Dieterich]

trying to get an idea of good areas vs bad areas of memphis to invest in duplexes. Anyone have a marked up map of the area?

[Timothy Lewis]

Hey @Craig Dieterich

I'm an out of state investor. I've done a a few deals in the Memphis area over the past couple of years. I created this list about a year ago so the quality of these areas have probably changed as Memphis is rapidly growing. Needless to say, it still will provide you a general idea of what areas to look at:

Good areas:

• Raleigh 38128 (try to push as far east as you can)
• Bartlett- expensive, but solid
• Cordova - expensive, but strong. Still some unincorporated areas so those would be county only tax, very rare to find one
• East Memphis 38117, generally solid, drops off a bit south of Quince. E.
• East Memphis - 38111 -generally great, can get spotty when you go too west on the southern part of the zip code near the Orange Mound area. North of Southern Ave is $$ and University of Memphis. This is very street to street from 250k+ homes to shacks.
• Midtown/ Cooper young -38014, similar to 38111. Very complex area. Huge developments and improvements in this area. Really need to know your stuff if you're going to buy here.
• Whitehaven 38116, has its bad areas, but good investment areas. You'll find some rtv opportunities 1-1.5% here with less risk than Frayser. Working class neighborhoods
• Parkway Village and Hickory Hill -38118, 38115 similar to Whitehaven
• Westwood/west Whitehaven - 38109 - some good finds.
• Germantown - $$$, very few deals in general as it is similar to Collierville, maybe some on western edges, but those are very hard to find.

Areas to avoid:

• Frayser 38127
• Orange Mound 38114
• North Memphis - 38107
  South Memphis - 38126, 38106

I hope this helps.