If you’re looking to invest in real estate, location is paramount.
To compile its list,total annualized return — including projected appreciation and cash flow — of single-family rentals for more than 200,000 neighborhoods in its database using a proprietary methodology.
It then eliminated neighborhoods with an average school rating below the 70th percentile, based on data from Maponics.The markets with the highest returns and an average school rating in the 70th percentile or higher made it to the top of the list. Below, check out the top 20 housing markets in the US for real-estate investors, where average annual returns over five years range from 5.4% to 8.1%.
North Indianapolis, Indiana
Metro: Indianapolis
Annualized total return: 5.4%
School rating: 71.9
North Hollywood, California
Metro: Los Angeles
Annualized total return: 5.4%
School rating: 71.4
Edmond, Oklahoma
Metro: Oklahoma City
Annualized total return: 5.4%
School rating: 90
North Scottsdale, Arizona
Metro: Phoenix
Annualized total return: 5.5%
School rating: 88
Flower Mound, Texas
Metro: Dallas
Annualized total return: 5.6%
School rating: 84
