Top 16 Markets for Investing in Apartments

By Christopher Levarek

“Everyone can invest in average opportunities; wealth is built by investing in the greatest opportunity the economy presents.”

- Giovanni Fernandez

Market knowledge and market awareness create opportunity. Looking at the trends, data and understanding the criteria to be aware of, make selecting a market a logical educated selection instead of guesswork.

Criteria of importance to consider in selecting markets for multi-family property investments include cap rates, employment growth, rent growth, population growth, average price per unit(door) and landlord/business friendly regulations.

According to Brad Sumrok, the “ApartmentKing”, recognized as one of the top apartment investor/syndicator and educator in the real estate apartment space, the following markets, based on criteria above, are the top 16 markets to target for 2019 with regards to apartment/multifamily property investing, (in no particular order):

  1. Raleigh, North Carolina

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2. Phoenix, Arizona

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3. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

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4. Tampa, Florida

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5. Las Vegas, Nevada

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6. Columbus, Ohio

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7. Houston, Texas

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8. Minneapolis, Minnesota

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9. Denver, Colorado

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10. Atlanta, Georgia

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11. Columbia, South Carolina

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12. Charlotte, North Carolina

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13. San Antonio, Texas

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14. Indianapolis, Indiana

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15. Jacksonville, Florida

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16. Orlando, Florida

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Follow up next week as we dive deeper into understanding the criteria used with regards to the picking of the above markets. Invest Smart!