Best US Cities for Growth - How Does Your City Compare?

[Eric Delcol]

One of the keys to real estate investing is finding a profitable market.  Certainly you can make money in a market with stable growth, and if you're really good, even a declining one.  However, where you'll find the most success is in GROWING markets.  

Brandon on the BP podcast constantly reminds us about this by poking fun at Detroit. 

Surprisingly, Detroit isn't even close to being the worst city on this list.

Check out the following map to see how your city compares:

US metros by population growth

Notable cities with double digit growth:

The Villages

Midland

Austin

Odessa

Myrtle Beach

Cape Coral

Bismarck

Greeley

St. George

Raleigh

Houston

Charleston

Fargo

Auburn

Orlando

Daphne

Fort Collins

San Antonio

Provo

Crestview

Naples

Bend-Redmond

Hilton Head

Fayetteville

Denver

Dallas

Sioux Falls

Kennewick

[Andrew Syrios]

Originally posted by @Nathan McGee:

Bummer! Kansas City isn’t on the list. 

 Yeah, our good old Kansas City doesn't make a lot of the fastest growing lists. At least it also doesn't make the fastest crashing lists when a recession hits, though.