But you might see faster appreciation.You are likely to get comments about only major metros with strong population growth, diverse economies, etc, etc.

I work in the financial world, specifically asset management for high net worth clients and 5G technology companies are a big part of a lot of people's portfolios since a lot of people believe in it as THE future of communications- and this article only reinforces that belief, I actually have a lot of clients who own commercial buildings in highly populated areas such as downtown Los Angeles etc- I will share your article with them- so thank you for adding that article to your profile it's definitely a great conversation topic!

Rapid population growth since 15/16 has depleted the abundant grand slam deals there used to be but it's still very good for LTR.

I look at population growth of both urban core and suburbs, job core and are they recession resistant, and how did it handle the pandemic and the great recession.

The city has had a stead population decline for the last 50 years, year after year and 34% of its residents live under the poverty line.

Once you have this team in place, you should be able to confidently invest in any market.As for picking a specific market - I would go after one with an increasing job and population growth.

The aging population and severe shortage of senior living facilities creates a strong, growing market.

As I expand my search throughout central Texas I'm finding deals in smaller towns (population 2k-8k).

To me, if all just works itself out.That is...unless your goal is to just be the shittiest landlord to your tenants and simply screw them over at every turn possible because you can....then go for the easy landlord laws.In a general sense, future job and population growth is what makes a market more attractive for REI.

What one indicator might imply is offset by 10 others - including our population growth, weather (the pandemic was a whole lot different here), no state tax, a tourist industry that takes vacation rentals to a whole new level, as well as our year-over-year property appreciation and rent increases.