Investment Atlas
Real Estate Investment Atlas
Every state we track, every metro inside it, and the investor thesis that makes it worth your capital.
Top opportunity markets
Markets with the highest composite opportunity score in our panel.
Dallas
Opportunity 75 / 100
Yield 7.1%
Orlando
Opportunity 75 / 100
Yield 6.8%
Tampa
Opportunity 70 / 100
Yield 6.5%
Charlotte
Opportunity 70 / 100
Yield 6.4%
Miami
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 6.2%
Houston
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 7.3%
Nashville
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 5.8%
Jacksonville
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 7.3%
State profiles
Each profile aggregates the metros we track, their averages, and the state-level investor thesis.
Florida
4 metrosFlorida combines population in-migration and no income tax with a rapidly hardening insurance market that reshapes underwriting.
6.7%
Yield69%
5-yr appr.5.7%
Cap rateTexas
4 metrosTexas remains the deepest investor market in the U.S., with strong job growth, landlord-friendly law, and diversified metros.
6.7%
Yield49%
5-yr appr.6.2%
Cap rateOhio
3 metrosOhio offers some of the highest yields in the country with low entry prices and landlord-friendly law.
9.0%
Yield49%
5-yr appr.7.8%
Cap rateArizona
2 metrosArizona has been the decade's appreciation winner, with semiconductor investment and in-migration.
5.3%
Yield73%
5-yr appr.5.0%
Cap rateMissouri
2 metrosMissouri hosts 2 of our tracked investor markets.
7.9%
Yield42%
5-yr appr.7.5%
Cap rateNorth Carolina
2 metrosNorth Carolina pairs Carolinas migration trends with diversified tech and banking employment.
6.0%
Yield66%
5-yr appr.5.7%
Cap rateTennessee
2 metrosTennessee, led by Nashville and Memphis, offers landlord-friendly law and no income tax.
7.5%
Yield54%
5-yr appr.6.8%
Cap rateAlabama
1 metrosAlabama hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
8.2%
Yield40%
5-yr appr.7.8%
Cap rateCalifornia
1 metrosCalifornia hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
5.1%
Yield55%
5-yr appr.4.7%
Cap rateColorado
1 metrosColorado hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
4.9%
Yield52%
5-yr appr.4.8%
Cap rateGeorgia
1 metrosGeorgia, anchored by Atlanta, offers balanced yield and growth with strong landlord rights.
6.6%
Yield55%
5-yr appr.6.0%
Cap rateIdaho
1 metrosIdaho hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
4.9%
Yield85%
5-yr appr.4.9%
Cap rateIndiana
1 metrosIndiana is a sleeper cash-flow market with very landlord-friendly law and low entry prices.
7.6%
Yield42%
5-yr appr.7.4%
Cap rateNevada
1 metrosNevada hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
5.7%
Yield60%
5-yr appr.5.5%
Cap rateOklahoma
1 metrosOklahoma hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
8.4%
Yield50%
5-yr appr.7.6%
Cap ratePennsylvania
1 metrosPennsylvania hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
8.2%
Yield38%
5-yr appr.7.5%
Cap rateUtah
1 metrosUtah hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
5.1%
Yield72%
5-yr appr.5.0%
Cap rateWisconsin
1 metrosWisconsin hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
9.0%
Yield50%
5-yr appr.7.5%
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