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Matt Thelen May 2025 Avg. Rent, Days on Market, Rental Inventory by Market
29 May 2025 | 3 replies
Pulled these from Zillow’s rental feed for May 2025 and cleaned them up so we can see which markets are heating up or cooling off.Quick takeawaysMost expensive rents: Boston & Miami hit ~$3,000; NYC right behind at $2,885.Fastest to lease: Cheyenne (24 DOM), Salt Lake City (28), Providence & Milwaukee (34).Slowest: Hawaii statewide (97 DOM), Dallas (77), Atlanta (71), San Francisco (70).Biggest MoM improvement: Raleigh -44 % DOM, Boston -38 %, Cheyenne -27 %.Largest inventory jumps: Los Angeles (+4,535 listings MoM), Chicago (+2,344), Houston (+1,696).Snapshot of key metrosCityAvg RentAvg DOMMoM DOM ΔActive RentalsMoM Inventory ΔPhoenix, AZ$1,85047+2 %5,052+1,005Denver, CO$1,92041-5 %3,924+614Miami, FL$3,00050-2 %6,534+1,024Orlando, FL$1,90242-11 %3,208+569Atlanta, GA$1,90071-9 %4,081+637Charlotte, NC$1,93546-22 %3,574+456Raleigh, NC$1,75045-44 %1,976+399Austin, TX$1,89448-16 %5,879+1,066Dallas, TX$1,60077-5 %3,782+1,065Houston, TX$1,69556-2 %8,823+1,696Seattle, WA$1,80047-15 %4,071+819Los Angeles, CA$2,30055+6 %20,265+4,535San Francisco, CA$2,65570-26 %2,783+580Boston, MA$3,00056-38 %17,529-275Cheyenne, WY$1,50024-27 %181-5(I trimmed the full dataset for readability — happy to share the whole CSV if anyone wants to dig deeper.)Questions for you:-Do these days-on-market (DOM) numbers line up with what you’re seeing on the ground?
Ivan Espericueta Looking for Creative Financing Options – or if this is worth it
3 June 2025 | 2 replies
My credit score is 735, but according to the agent, I’d be looking at about - $100/month after factoring in management fees, vacancy, and maintenance on my current home.Given this situation, what are some creative or realistic financing strategies I could explore to acquire this property?
Chris Mclaughlin New investor struggling to identify first market
3 June 2025 | 16 replies
And every one is telling me this is tough market to do it.
Shirley Gebert 2nd Lien Position Funding
3 June 2025 | 14 replies
This statement is meant to imply that whatever equity the borrower has subject to the first is just “taken over” by the 2nd mortgage holder.  
Marcos De la Cruz Anyone have experience with Rent To Retirement?
28 May 2025 | 27 replies
lol, "blue Hulk-looking dude" is by far the coolest dig anyone has ever thrown at me.
Eva Sothebys Investing in Bali, Indonesia
29 May 2025 | 7 replies
Thanks  Ive heard that Indonesia only lets you do 99 year land leases instead of purchases, is this true?
R. Germán Rimoldi Would You Use This Tool to Get Material Quotes Faster?
31 May 2025 | 3 replies
.✅ Saves time✅ Helps you get better prices✅ No more chasing quotes manuallyWe’re testing this with a few builders now and I’d love to know:Would you use something like this?
Max Yuan This Is the Playbook That Helped Us Systematize and Scale
3 June 2025 | 0 replies
Make Your VA Sound Like a Real PersonYour VA’s cold call script shouldn’t sound like a bad robocall.We found success switching to permission-based intros, like:“Hey, I know this is out of the blue, but I wanted to ask about a property I think you own.