Top 5 cities in the South for Real Estate Investing?

[Yazan Dabbagh]

I’m trying to invest out of state and I’m trying to get people’s opinion on which cities in the Southern part of the country have the best Price to Rent ratios

[Art Perkitny]

@Yazan Dabbagh

Here is a quick spreadsheet I put together for you. It lists all the cities over 10k in population located within the South region as defined by the Census Bureau and their respective rent to price ratios. (See link below)

List of Cities in the South by Rent to Price Ratio

I have ordered the list by rent to price ratio, starting with the highest value first.

You seem like a new investor so I'll advise you to try and not base your decision to invest solely on the rent to price ratio. 

More often than not, the places with the highest yields will also be accompanied by the highest levels of risk, which can wipe out all the returns you hoped to realize with your investment. 

Hope this helps!