Montgomery has a great rental market. 1)The last numbers I saw showed 47% of homes here are rentals. 2)That is due to a strong federal job market with federal courthouses, Maxwell and Gunter air force bases. 3)Lots of state jobs, about 10 colleges and universities, tourism, 3 major hospitals, 4)a Hyundai manufacturing plant, and Amazon is building a distribution warehouse.5) Low property taxes.6) Population growth.7) Landlord friendly state.8) We can typically hit the 1% rule on rent to price ratioFrom Wikipedia, Alabama has the second lowest property taxes behind Hawaii.2.

New Albany is home to several major data centers including ones operated by Amazon, Google and Facebook, whose parent company, Meta, announced plans in the spring to expand its New Albany campus.

Built another smaller 1600 sq ft house with open air balcony for a roof for $130,000. 

.© lerbank - iStock/Getty Images PlusThe spring housing market is off to a sluggish start, with home sales falling in March.

Thanks Chad, theres something in the air and it seems to be blowing in all directions.

You might pay $200/mo to keep the grass cut in the spring and summer months.

No (reasonable) court is going to side with his claim that his payment applies to the current due and that the past due just somehow mysteriously vanished into the air.

Five months ago on here you had everyone being an economist saying  real estate was going to explode this spring because rates would drop dramatically.

I talk with my clients in Colorado Springs about it all the time. 

Now they only want to let 2% of the air out at a time to deflate it which will take decades.