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13 Real Estate "Hotspots" to Invest In (2025 Update)

Nov 18, 2024

Kathy Fettke, a seasoned real estate market expert with two decades of experience, joins Austin Wolff, a meticulous analyst from BiggerPockets. They dissect overlooked real estate hotspots primed for growth in 2025, focusing on critical indicators like income and job growth. Surprising cities like San Antonio and Tampa are highlighted, showcasing unique opportunities despite market challenges. The duo also critiques popular but overrated markets, providing insights into smart investing strategies for the savvy landlord.

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Austin Wolff

Kathy Fecky

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Quick takeaways

Understanding market dynamics is crucial for identifying emerging real estate hotspots, moving beyond traditional city rankings that lack transparency.

Phoenix stands out for its significant economic growth, defying perceptions of being merely a transient market and proving its long-term investment potential.

Deep dives

The Problem with Conventional Lists

Commonly circulated lists of the best cities for real estate investment tend to include the same familiar locations, often without transparency on how these rankings were determined. This repetition can lead to frustration among serious investors seeking fresh insights into market opportunities. It is crucial to delve into the reasoning behind the selections, as understanding market dynamics can set apart successful investments from conventional wisdom. These discussions provide a more nuanced perspective on identifying emerging hotspots rather than relying on traditional city lists.

Intro

2min

Identifying Real Estate Hotspots: A Data-Driven Approach

4min

Data-Driven Insights for Real Estate Investment Hotspots

5min

Emerging Real Estate Hotspots

12min

Investing in Emerging Real Estate Hotspots: Insights on San Antonio and More

5min

Tampa's Resilience and Emerging Real Estate Hotspots

4min

When you look at the “Hottest Real Estate Markets” lists from major publications, they often miss many crucial factors that truly make a market worth investing in. So, after getting tired of seeing the same cities repeatedly, we decided to make our own “Real Estate Hotspots” list, touching on the areas that are PRIMED for growth with plenty of appreciation and cash flow potential for landlords. We’re sharing all thirteen cities today!

Our two favorite market pickers, Kathy Fettke and Austin Wolff, are back on the show to share their opinions on these top markets. Austin has spent hours and hours compiling this list, looking at not just population growth but income growth, job growth, GDP per capita, and more leading indicators that point to great real estate investing markets.

Some of the top picks on this list truly surprised us, but the data points to these thirteen cities as some of the best places to buy in 2025. We’ll also talk about the overrated markets that may be past their prime and some nearby options that could make solid real estate investments for the long term!

In This Episode We Cover

The thirteen real estate investing “hotspots” for 2025 that investors should pay attention to

A very surprising top city that seems to keep on growing EVEN after some solid appreciation

The “satellite cities” that siphon off big city growth for a fraction of the cost

Cash flow hotspots that still boast affordable prices with solid rent-to-price ratios

The one Texas city that many investors forget about but is still growing fast (definitely not Austin)

Cities that DIDN’T make the list and are constantly overhyped by the media

And So Much More!

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