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THE BIG FINISH WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THE MARKET'S LEADING INDICATORS 96 BOOMING MARKETS – WHERE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS ARE THRIVING Like the old saying goes, rental investment is all about location, location, location. So what are the best housing investment markets for 2018? Forbes recently partnered with Local Market Monitor, which tracks more than 300 housing markets, to spotlight the 20 bests markets for rental investment in 2018. In each case, the cities in question feature growth amongst population, jobs, and home prices. As Forbes explains, "These are not necessarily the places where prices will grow the most in the near future. … Rather, these are the places where that growth appears most sustainable over the medium to long-term." Source: Forbes' "Where to Invest in Housing in 2018" list, published in February 2018 METRO AVERAGE HOME PRICE 3-YEAR POPULATION GROWTH 2-YEAR JOB GROWTH 1-YEAR HOME PRICE GROWTH 3-YEAR PRICE GROWTH FORECAST ORLANDO, FLORIDA $247,550 7.60% 7.10% 9% 35% PROVO-OREM, UTAH $266,169 7.20% 6.70% 10% 31% JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA $247,809 5.90% 6.10% 8% 20% RALEIGH-DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA $274,980 4.90% 5.80% 8% 26% OGDEN-CLEARFIELD, UTAH $246,251 5.10% 5.70% 10% 29% NASHVILLE-DAVIDSON-MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE $277,842 6.10% 5.50% 10% 27% ATLANTA-SANDY SPRINGS-MARIETTA, GEORGIA $234,249 4.90% 5.10% 8% 24% SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI $154,557 2.30% 5.10% 5% 14% FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON, TEXAS $235,398 5.60% 5.00% 11% 26% SACRAMENTO-ARDEN-ARCADE-ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA $327,073 3.70% 4.80% 10% 33% GRAND RAPIDS-WYOMING, MICHIGAN $188,297 2.80% 4.70% 10% 25% SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS $232,025 6.50% 4.60% 7% 20% BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA $403,542 2.20% 4.50% 8% 18% FAYETTEVILLE-SPRINGDALE-ROGERS, ARKANSAS-MISSOURI $197,952 6.50% 4.40% 8% 31% AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA-SOUTH CAROLINA $185,172 2.60% 4.10% 6% 16% CHARLOTTE-GASTONIA-CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA $260,473 6.00% 4.00% 9% 22% WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA $393,816 3.00% 3.90% 5% 11% MINNEAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA $257,817 2.70% 3.90% 8% 21% DES MOINES, IOWA $197,675 5.80% 3.60% 6% 17% COLUMBUS, OHIO $229,776 3.60% 3.10% 8% 21%