Fort Meade MD area rental investment. Help please!

[Yang Zhao]

Hi all,

We are relocating to fort Meade area later this year. Current looking into housing options, preferring a house/townhouse with a garage and yard. It’s not very likely that we will make this area out forever home, but we may stay around for a couple years. My questions are:

1. What areas between DC and Baltimore will see a bigger rise in home price in the next few years than other areas? 
2. If we buy a house, what are the some areas where rentals are hot? 

We’ve been looking into Severn, Columbia and some other surrounding areas, mainly in the AA county. Annapolis seems a little out of our price range for what we want. Ideally want a commute less than 45 mins to fort Meade and a good neighborhood. 

Any suggestions will be appreciated!