I would strongly advise you to pay a visit to the City and walk/drive it with someone who knows the various neighborhoods and property values.Much of our multi listings come tenant occupied.

You will always be able to find a place once you have a city.  

Hi Meir,Birmingham is an excellent place to invest.

Traditionally, most investors have been magnetized by primary markets – big cities with booming economies and glittering skylines.

How high can housing prices in the City of Detroit go?

Here are some key highlights from the report, which compares January 2025 with January 2024:The median sales price for the greater Austin metro fell 4.7% to $409,765, while the City of Austin saw a 4.7% increase to $553,465.Total sales in the metro rose 1.1%, whereas the city saw a 4% decrease in closed sales, demonstrating continued demand in spite of economic challenges.Pending sales under contract dropped 7.5% in the metro and 1.4% in the City of Austin, suggesting a slight decrease in demand at the start of 2025.Listing inventory increased 16.5% in the metro and 15.5% in the City of Austin, resulting in 5.6 months of available housing inventory in the metro and 6.2 months in the city, approximately one month more than in January 2024.According to the Texas A&M Real Estate Center, a balanced real estate market has around 6.5 months of inventory.

As far as PadSplit, you'll have to check city and county laws concerning the number of unrelated people allowed to live in a house. 

I also hear complaints about the city not being a "landlord friendly" city.

Quote from @Julia Havia: These are big projects and be sure that you are doing it all within the city scope of what they want for the property.

Quote from @William Hochstedler: Utah has been booming for the past decade by every metric. my kids did deposits on ski condos at Park City  NEW development and one at Brianhead and those things shot up like crazy.. they need to keep it up so they can take good care of me in my waining years.