First let me say I am a real estate investment attorney in Utah and draft private money and hard money loans with regularity.  

That being said, here are a few reasons I see some stable growth, here in Utah & Salt lake county specifically, but also across the nation. 1.The Median home prices have typically appreciated at 4% per year, out pacing inflation (most of the time) we saw higher than avg growth starting in 03-07.

Here are the affluent zip code gross yield, for the nation's most demographically dynamic MSA: Indianapolis IN pop cum growth 30% , gross rental yield 10.6%Houston TX pop cum growth 41% , gross rental yield 8.6%Dallas Fort Worth pop cum growth 38%, gross rental yield 8.4%Atlanta GA pop cum growth 34% , gross rental yield 7.8%Orlando FL pop cum growth 45% , gross rental yield 7.7%Des Moines IA pop cum growth 29% , gross rental yield 7.6%Charlotte NC pop cum growth 40% , gross rental yield 7.4%Jacksonville FL pop cum growth 29%, gross rental yield 7.4%Phoenix AZ pop cum growth 41% , gross rental yield 7.0%Raleigh Cary NC pop cum growth 60%, gross rental yield 6.7%San Antonio TX pop cum growth 39%, gross rental yieldNashville TN 40% 6.7%Colorado Springs CO 30% 6.5%Denver CO 29% 6.4%Charleston SC 36%, 6.4%Greenville SC 56% 6.4%Provo Orem UT 55% 6.2%Austin TX, 60% 5.6%You should note that local tax and insurance is much higher in Florida than other states so that 3% to 5% more needs to be deducted from gross yield to compare to other states such as Georgia or North Carolina.Be careful that properties that have no appreciation potential should have proper capex baked into the numbers.

I invested in St George UT and recently exchanged those 2 LTR for STR here in TN.

Hi everyone, My name is Ben Grierson and I am a student at UT Austin living in the Austin area.

That's a pretty broad range for rents so you might want to negotiate down a little if you can but you're safely above 1.5% which in Utah would make you money.

you should be able to deduct the losses w/ut being a professional unless you make above a certain amount ($125k for married's).and, yes, any not deducted this year can be carried forward to the next year.I am not an expert but you should really consider using a CPA experienced in real estate since it appears you do not understand how certain tax laws operate. it'd be worth the $ spent.

I can't speak precisely of the rules and regulations in Utah but I would expect that they are similar to here - many of the fees are going to be the same regardless of which license you will go for.

So I've heard that terms are where it's at with seller financing b ut I just don't see a way with these price points in his head that you could offer within 20% of what he wants and have some sort of deal.Advice?

I have a contract to purchase a Car Wash in Salt Lake City Utah.