As we enter into 2020, Miami remains a buyers’ market and investors need to capitalize on this advantage while it is still there. If you are looking at investing in the Miami real estate market in 2020, you must read till the end. Miami hits most people’s radar as a tourist destination, though it periodically hits the news when it looks like it may be hit by a hurricane. However, Miami is a large, thriving city with a strong housing market.

Miami is home to just under half a million people. However, the Miami housing market is far larger than that – it includes much of southeast Florida and more than five million people. That makes the Miami real estate market the seventh largest in the U.S., and it is the second largest housing market in the southeastern U.S.

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If you are looking to invest in the Chicago real estate market, you must read till the end. Chicago is currently a balanced real estate market and home prices are predicted to rise by not more than 1% in 2020. So you might want to consider making your purchase sooner rather than later, to avoid higher housing costs down the road.

Chicago metropolitan area or Chicagoland, is an area that includes the city of Chicago and its suburbs. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Almost three million people live in Chicago and another ten million in the surrounding metro area. Chicago has a large population, diverse economy, and a stable market. It is home to 32 Fortune 500 companies. It has high private sector employment.

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If you want to find investment opportunities, you need to find the sleeper opportunities. These are places where demand is growing but it isn’t so hot that you risk being burned by buying at the top of the market. And we found such a “sleeper” investment opportunity in Boise, Idaho. We’ll tell you a little about Boise. Then we’ll discuss top reasons to invest in the Boise real estate market.

Idaho has much more than potatoes. Boise is a full city, home to more than 200,000 people. Nor is that the entirety of the Boise housing market, since Boise has suburbs. The Boise-Nampa metropolitan area is home to over 700,000 people. This metro area includes Boise, Nampa and Meridian.

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St. Louis is most famous for the Gateway Arch built in the 1960s. Alternately looked down on as a Rust Belt city and part of flyover country, it doesn’t generate much attention except when its crime rate or other problems hit the news. However, the St. Louis real estate market holds significant potential. Let’s look at the top reasons to come back to the St. Louis real estate market as an investor in 2020.

The St. Louis housing market isn’t limited to the roughly 300,000 people who live in St. Louis, making this the second largest city in Missouri. Instead, the Saint Louis housing market includes almost three million people. That makes St. Louis the 20th largest metro area in the United States.

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Financing turnkey rental properties is the most difficult question to solve for a buyer with no experience in the real estate market. We all know that in a real estate investment “cash-is-king.” But, if an investor does not have that much cash in hand, finance is definitely required to meet the purchase price of an investment property.

There are many options available to finance turnkey rental properties. Among them non-recourse loans, hard money loans, and private loans are mostly popular. In conventional mortgage, the down payment is smallest and the rate of interest is also lower. In case of Non-Recourse Loan the investor puts an asset forward. In this article, our focus would be to discuss the various means of financing a turnkey rental property.

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