Where We’d Invest in Real Estate Right Now (9 Markets)

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Here’s where we’d invest in real estate right now. The best markets to buy rental properties are often overlooked, affordable cities with strong rents, reasonable home prices, and robust job growth. These markets could not only appreciate steadily, giving you the long-term wealth you’re looking for, but also pocket you some decent cash flow, so you have more passive income to grow your portfolio faster. We’ve got nine expert-chosen markets lined up, and there’s probably more than one with precisely what you’re looking for! These are NOT teeny tiny markets with $50,000 home prices in some town you’ve never heard of. These are real cities, with serious growth potential and millions (if not billions) of dollars being poured into them by local governments. Cities where jobs are growing, populations are rising, and rental demand is strong. If you don’t know where to buy your first or next property, this is the episode to help you whittle down your list. By the time you’re done listening to this, you’ll have at least a few hot real estate markets to start analyzing! In This Episode We Cover The nine best (affordable) real estate markets that we would personally invest in A booming group of “satellite” cities that are already growing very fast The fastest-growing affordable city with a new $3B (yes, billion) investment The Northeast’s sweet spot city with high rents and median home prices One Midwest city investors LOVE to buy in…but is it still worth it? And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1170 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	These are the best markets to buy rental properties right now in late 2025.
0:05.2	Today, we're telling you where to invest in real estate, whether you live in an expensive
0:09.7	area or just looking for a new market with great wealth-building potential.
0:14.4	This is an absolutely essential decision to get right.
0:17.8	So we've looked at all the data data and today we're revealing nine of our
0:21.2	favorite places in the U.S. to buy properties right now.
0:29.0	Hey everyone. I'm Dave Meyer, head of real estate investing at Bigger Pockets. And today's show is a
0:34.4	absolute fan favorite. Every single time we do it, we get a ton of positive
0:40.1	responses. So we're doing it again. We are running this one back. And it's a great time to be
0:45.9	making this list of best investing markets because if you've been paying attention right now,
0:51.3	the entire housing market is changing. Some areas of the country have more properties
0:56.8	for sale and sellers that are more motivated to negotiate on prices than they did the last time
1:02.8	we talked about this topic, which was back in April. So I'll share a few markets that I really
1:08.3	like right now. And I also have our regular guests for this show on today.
1:14.1	We have Ashley Care and Henry Washington here to add their favorite markets to the list as well.
1:19.7	Ashley, how are you?
1:20.6	Thanks so much for having me back, Dave.
1:22.5	I always love getting a good homework assignment.
1:25.1	Yeah, we made you do a lot of work for this show.
1:27.3	And if anyone
1:28.5	hears just some hammering in the background, Ashley's just being a very authentic real estate
1:33.7	investor today, podcasting from an active construction site. So please bear with us.
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