Most out of state investors fly into Atlanta and want to invest in about a 1hr drive ring radius with some staying to 30 to 45 minutes.

Hello everyone, I am a truck driver, who always loved Real Estate , but had been stuck in analysis paralysis for about a year now.

You should take some time to know MORE about what drives the market you are investing in and how those drivers of the market can, will or won't change.An example in the other direction might be that someone builds an ethanol plant on the edge of town, and yes that may be subject to fuel price, commodity prices (corn used to make ethanol) and oil and gas markets etc etc but just for the sake of the argument....

@Joe Kooner - from flippers I know used to be highly active in the area, it's a combination of not enough meat on the bone and a lack of reliable, skilled contractors as the main drivers that are pushing them out of the market.These flippers have left the market because their goals tend to be on the order of at least 5 flips per month and there isn't enough profitable inventory in the pipeline any more to support this level of activity.

All of the subsequent impacts on interest rates a short term drivers of relatively minor movements in interest rates.

One driver could be how much people are making schlepping PM service for STR. 

To home owners, a stadium is not a plus, its loud, it causes traffic congestion, noisy cars race through residential neighborhoods with hyped up honking and drunk drivers going to and from events.

We own two properties in Alabama, until we have Alabama drivers license's with our address and proof we reside there, it ain't happening.  15 months will be a different story when we move there.  

This differs from metropolitan areas with unlimited expansion potential, where the construction of new homes limits the growth of rent and home prices of existing properties.In summary, the supply in the $320,000 to $475,000 range is almost fixed and will not increase.DemandThe driver for housing demand is population growth.

Second, I believe the on-going increases are just as likely to make the tenant mad.