These investors are typically large financial institutions looking for safe, predictable returns, such as pension funds, insurance companies, and banks.Key concepts to understand in economics and finance are risk and reward.

That will depend on your time, capital, energy, and skills.

They deserve some positive press and love.Another cashflow market I did not see on the list is Lansing, MI which I personally think is fantastic with low property taxes, strong rental demand, low cost of living and service costs with constant economic development as a result of being the State capital.

Lastly, I'm not sure if it makes sense to give a specific duration for how long you should search within a market (considering economic conditions and all), but if I had to I would look into a market for about 3+ months before moving on to the next.Hope this helps someone & thanks to everyone who responded to my initial post! 

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Hi Alejandro - I would say Spring Branch, The Heights, Energy Corridor, and Memorial City area do have some good investment properties and are definitely showing substantial appreciation in the future with the all the growth happening!

(Per the Sarasota county Economic Development Council) LTR in that market will likely be in demand.

However, it’s a difficult economic time and I still believe in the portfolio.

Details 48,320 Sqft; 310 units with land to expand, Physical Occupancy 90%; Economic Occupancy 97%; List $2.1mm.  

The biggest thing to focus on with any secondary market is the economic development activity.