This is terio media. It's Ter for Financial Freedom Friday with Matt Terrio.

Okay, how to pick the best market for your real estate investing.

That seems to be on the top of

everyone's mind when they're getting started. I mean after all the old real estate

adages it's location location location. Should I work in my backyard or

should I work virtually?

You know, we're humans, right?

And it seems the grass is always greener on the other side.

Like everyone's got the advantage over there.

If I only lived over there, that could really to answer when you're picking

your best market you know how many people live in the market is the population

growing is it shrinking what's the unemployment rate? You know, how much

crime is there? That's always a concern. Is it landlord-friendly area or a landlord-friendly state?

How much are the property taxes? Do more people own there, more people rent there?

What's the price to rent ratio?

Are there a lot of vacancies?

How do all of these numbers compare to the national average?

You know, what else?

How many homes are on the market? How many

transactions are actually taking place per month? Or how long is it taking houses to

sell? Are sellers getting their asking price? Who's actually buying all of these houses? Is it

investors, is it institutions? What's causing the commotion here? I mean there are a

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