STRENGTHS-  strong affordable housing market-  cool city with a great feel-  nicely mixed neighborhoods with properties in need of repair next to nice homes-  large university, robust medical community-  decent rents overall, currently trading at 8-10% cap rates-  Micron promises growthWEAKNESSES-  Micron hype is making people spend way too much on properties-  pesky code compliance inspections here too-  student housing area is incredibly compact and difficult to get in to-  difficult to predict if a property will benefit from renovation or not-  contractors are overwhelmed, difficult to get estimatesSummary: Syracuse is experiencing a lot of change right now, in a good way.

There’s so much hype about Micron that folks are willing to pay for potential- don’t do that!!

Micron is not 10 years away, site work is actively underway and construction should begin later this year or beginning of next.

We're an outdoor recreational state that is home to big companies like HP, Albertsons (2900 stores), BodyBuilding.com, ClickBank.com, TSheets.com, Micron, major hospitals, colleges (BSU) and more.

Look up Micron Technologies, it’s a huge $100 billion project.

I might have some pretty creative work arounds but haven’t tested them out yet.Or, maybe its time to start putting STR Micronations together

The area in the grand scheme of things is very affordable, and with the likelihood of micron coming housing and rent prices are expected to boom!

Syracuse is a fantastic market, but it's being heavily impacted by the coming of Micron and suddenly increasing property values.

appreciation from Micron coming in, so it's not exactly untouched by outside influence.

The micron microchip processing plant is coming in 2025 and is likely to cause a huge need for housing