Check for rent levels (Rentometer), check for schools (schoolgrade.org), look for crime rates, economic development, actual property taxes for investment properties in the area, and then run all the data, assuming you get good results from your research, through the BP rental calculator.Apply 5/5/5 for vacancy, CAPEX, and maintenance when filling in expenses in the BP calculator.

I live in Isabela, PR and have an economics/finance background.If this is not you, but you have interest in the area, feel free to reach out to me, would love to chat!

The economics are just better. 

However, while uncertainty itself might be certain, looking a bit more closely at major qualms is often a clarifying exercise.Here are four I hear often:The threat of an imminent real estate price collapseThe risk of an economic recession means debt is better avoided in favor of liquidityAlternative investments like cryptocurrency and precious metals offer more protection and easier yieldCompetition for deals is at a fever pitchLet’s start with the notion that what goes up must soon come down in the real estate world.There’s no doubt that valuations have been going nuts.

I still self-manage that first 4 plex mainly because I rent it for higher than others around it are and the PMs I spoke with there will not ask as high of rent as what I am getting so it makes no economical sense to pay them to rent it for less than I do and I have seen the problems I've had to deal with because of the bad tenants they put in theirs which cause problems for mine.

We may see a dramatic reduction in appreciation but I don’t think anyone anticipates the Utah Housing Market crashing and burning with all the strong economic indicators we are enjoying.

They have stuff about crime, schools, general economics, etc. 

My name is Emily Sawchuk and I’m a Junior at the University of Michigan studying Political Science, Philosophy and Economics.

Reasons are affordability, increasing interest rates, supply chain normalization, and general economic slowdown.

I look at population growth, job growth, local economic development, local government action, median income trends, crime rates etc.