While still technically in slight seller’s market territory, inventory is well above extreme lows seen in recent years when inventory fell below 1 month for a sustained period.Here are the full stats for Austin and the greater metro:A 30-year fixed mortgage is sitting around 7.3% interest, which is the highest it has been in 2024 thus far:In addition to interest rates increasing the cost of real estate ownership, buyers are facing increased insurance premiums, maintenance costs, and rising property taxes.

I took an excel sheet I found online (from "Tactica") and tweaked it a bit to help track and compare different major cities/ different local cities by taking its population growth, labor stats, and rental stats/ multifamily stock to help someone visualize the different places and see where their next investment could be.

Here are sources to consider:For Schools: https://www.greatschools.org/For Crime: https://crimemapping.com/Crime stats can be difficult to interpret.

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for Saturday, April 6, 2024
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That's often because you don't really get to see nationwide stats very often and there are few individual investors who invest across multiple states it seems.Here are a few consideration to help you decide where to invest:Population GrowthJob GrowthLandlord friendly statesAffordability gap, average income vs median sales price.Some people also say look at where town will grow and invest in the path of progress.Good luck and I wish you unlimited cash flow and appreciation.

With that said, I'm doing MTR as well and if you haven't come across it yet, Furnished Finder has a great tool for understanding comps in your chosen area: https://www.furnishedfinder.com/stats

That'd be a neato stat to know.

I was purely going off of some stats on the internet (https://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Eastpointe-Michigan.ht...).

Examine your alternatives for financing, including low-down payment conventional loans and FHA loans.

We have pretty similar stats so you shouldn't have anything to worry about.