Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)

Or do I look into a market like Las Cruces, NM, or Lubbock, TX, as an example of bigger markets I have looked at and am somewhat familiar with?

I am not sure how much you get involved but do your employees contact the realtor and discuss market rents, do the math to check leases versus market rents and which lenders use the "lesser of the two".Closing in an LLC versus personal name can also add a rate hit as well as Escrow or No escrow.

This setup ensures every project stays on schedule and within budget, which is huge in a market where timing is everything.3.

Here are the markets I’m exploring:St.

A quick web search shows it can cost upwards of $25,000.I'd say that if the flea-bag isn't a service dog now, it probably never will be.

Quote from @Lorraine Hadden: As we close out 2024 and look forward to 2025, NAR released its 2025 list of top performers in 10 metro markets.

Any recommendations for free tools to do market research?

Don't do real estate over the Stock market.