Best Cash Flow Markets Nobody's Heard Of
28 Replies
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
posted about 1 month ago
What are the best under the radar cash flow markets? I always see people recommend the same places; Kansas City, Memphis, Indianapolis, Birmingham, cities in Ohio, etc. What cities are hidden gems for cash flow investors?
Justin Polston
Real Estate Broker from Shelbyville, IN
replied about 1 month ago
@Tesho Akindele how far away from an urban hub are you comfortable with?
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
@Justin Polston that’s a great question. I’m sure a lot of the under the radar cash low markets are pretty far from an urban hub.
Personally I’m comfortable investigating any market. Even if it’s far from a big city
Zachary Beach
Specialist from Los Angeles, CA
replied about 1 month ago
@Tesho Akindele if your looking for cashflow short term rentals is the place to be. I’m in Big Bear and my cashflow is insane. Insane like The last few months have been 5 figure profits for some of the places Per month. We started with just our own portfolio but we also manage for others now as well.
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
That's very interesting @Zachary Beach . I don't know much about short-term rentals, but I have heard people make crazy returns. I'd definitely be interested to hear more about how things are going for you and the people you manage for.
Remington Lyman
Real Estate Agent from Columbus, OH
replied about 1 month ago
Originally posted by @Tesho Akindele :What are the best under the radar cash flow markets? I always see people recommend the same places; Kansas City, Memphis, Indianapolis, Birmingham, cities in Ohio, etc. What cities are hidden gems for cash flow investors?
Columbus, Ohio
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
@Remington Lyman never heard of it! I’ll check it out
Dave Poeppelmeier
Realtor from Maumee, OH
replied about 1 month ago
@Tesho Akindele check out Toledo as well. Rents are increasing significantly here, which is definitely helping my personal portfolio. If you're investing from afar, you're going to want to stick with a "big city" that has multiple Property Management options for you as well. In Ohio, that's going be your 3 C's of Cleveland/Columbus/Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton.
Timothy Lewis
Investor from Miami, FL
replied about 1 month ago
Check out Birmingham, Atlanta, Indianapolis, St Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, Little Rock, Indianapolis, Greenville, Jacksonville, Tampa, Houston, San Antonio, Little Rock, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Ohio, or other secondary or tertiary markets.
Brandon Goldsmith
Real Estate Agent from Columbus, OH
replied about 1 month ago
There are a lot of good cities in Ohio for cash flow. In Columbus, you can get both appreciation and cash flow. @Tesho Akindele
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
@Dave Poeppelmeier that’s a great point about property management. It wouldn’t be smart to be completely reliant on just one property management company in a small city.
Michael P.
Rental Property Investor from Toledo, OH
replied about 1 month ago
Why do you want to invest somewhere that no one‘s heard of? It’s probably very rural with limited or no supply of property management and skilled trades.
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
@Michael P. I’m not necessarily looking for somewhere that “nobody” has heard of (even though that’s what my title says). But I’m looking for something like the 20th or 30th most popular city instead of the top 5.
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
@Michael P. Maybe even like the 50th most popular. Somewhere with a little less competition, but still large enough to have the infrastructure to support investors
Wale Lawal
Realtor | Buy & Hold Investor from Houston, TX
replied about 1 month ago
@Tesho Akindele Houston, San Antonio, Amarillo, Columbus, and Birmingham AL.
Goodluck
Jonathan Hulen
Rental Property Investor from Torrance, CA
replied about 1 month ago
South Bend, Indiana.
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
Great shout @Jonathan Hulen ! How has your experience been in that market? Feel free to PM me if you’d rather.
Joseph Mckenna
Rental Property Investor from Scottsdale, AZ
replied about 1 month ago
@Tesho Akindele I’ve been doing Airbnb in North Tempe and making 2x in profits every month. Airbnb is a cash cow if you know what you’re doing
Tesho Akindele
Rental Property Investor from Orlando, Fl
replied about 1 month ago
@Joseph Mckenna I’ve heard a lot of great things about AirBnB. My only problem is I don’t want to manage an AirBnB. And from what I can see, getting a property manager eats up most of your profits. Do you self manage?
Japheth McGhee
replied about 1 month ago
Homer, Alaska! Short housing shortage up here, in a heavy but steady growing tourist town. If you build a $400,000 four-plex you could cash flow $2000. That is if you get the location and rents right.
Zachary Beach
Specialist from Los Angeles, CA
replied about 1 month ago
@Tesho Akindele my management company is  designed to make you more money than you could self managing our pay outs last month where about 2% rule for our properties at current market value of the properties. Only PITI and utilities have to be paid by the owner from that.
Taneli Fin
Real Estate Broker from Los Angeles, CA
replied about 1 month ago
@Zachary Beach hey Zach, how’s the insurance costs up in the brush area?
Zachary Beach
Specialist from Los Angeles, CA
replied about 1 month ago
@Taneli Fin it’s about twice as much as down the hill for the same value properties but it’s a much smaller percentage of the revenue as the properties we manage do 3-8 times what they would rent for as LTR’s per month depending on what time of year it is.
Holly Barrett
Real Estate Agent from Woodstock, GA
replied about 1 month ago
Hot Springs, AR; Rossville, GA; Rome, GA; Cleveland, GA
Kurt Kaiser
Rental Property Investor from Sidney, NE
replied about 1 month ago
@Tesho Akindele small midwestern markets. Cheap real estate that cash flow really well.
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