Property Investment Fundamentals — Rental Demand

This one’s a no brainer. If there’s not a high rental demand, why are you going to want to invest in a property there?

Answer: you’re not.

So it’s important to make sure that whatever location you’re looking into whether that’s domestically or overseas, there’s a good rental demand.

An easy way to find this information out would be to speak to agents who specialize in the area, city or country, you are looking to invest in and find out from them what the rental demand (that is for both short term Airbnb type rentals and longer term rentals) is like. It may even differ from street to street – yes, that can happen. But getting in touch with the local experts would be the first obvious tip.

You could also have a scour through property portals and see how long properties took to let out in the location you’re interested in. Airbnb and the paid service AirDNA provide area, city and country details for short term rentals globally. If the demand is high, properties will get snapped up quickly and for a decent rental yield too.