Investment Atlas
Real Estate Investment Atlas
Every state we track, every metro inside it, and the investor thesis that makes it worth your capital.
Reviewed by Keiron Brown, Founder & Editor, CalculateRealEstateROI · Educational estimates only — not investment, financial, tax, or legal advice
Top opportunity markets
Markets with the highest composite opportunity score in our panel.
Dallas
Opportunity 75 / 100
Yield 7.1%
Orlando
Opportunity 75 / 100
Yield 6.8%
Tampa
Opportunity 70 / 100
Yield 6.5%
Charlotte
Opportunity 70 / 100
Yield 6.4%
Miami
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 6.2%
Houston
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 7.3%
Nashville
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 5.8%
Jacksonville
Opportunity 69 / 100
Yield 7.3%
State profiles
Each profile aggregates the metros we track, their averages, and the state-level investor thesis.
Florida
4 metrosFlorida combines population in-migration and no income tax with a rapidly hardening insurance market that reshapes underwriting.
6.7%
Yield69%
5-yr appr.5.7%
Cap rateTexas
4 metrosTexas remains the deepest investor market in the U.S., with strong job growth, landlord-friendly law, and diversified metros.
6.7%
Yield49%
5-yr appr.6.2%
Cap rateOhio
3 metrosOhio offers some of the highest yields in the country with low entry prices and landlord-friendly law.
9.0%
Yield49%
5-yr appr.7.8%
Cap rateArizona
2 metrosArizona has been the decade's appreciation winner, with semiconductor investment and in-migration.
5.3%
Yield73%
5-yr appr.5.0%
Cap rateMissouri
2 metrosMissouri hosts 2 of our tracked investor markets.
7.9%
Yield42%
5-yr appr.7.5%
Cap rateNorth Carolina
2 metrosNorth Carolina pairs Carolinas migration trends with diversified tech and banking employment.
6.0%
Yield66%
5-yr appr.5.7%
Cap rateTennessee
2 metrosTennessee, led by Nashville and Memphis, offers landlord-friendly law and no income tax.
7.5%
Yield54%
5-yr appr.6.8%
Cap rateAlabama
1 metrosAlabama hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
8.2%
Yield40%
5-yr appr.7.8%
Cap rateCalifornia
1 metrosCalifornia hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
5.1%
Yield55%
5-yr appr.4.7%
Cap rateColorado
1 metrosColorado hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
4.9%
Yield52%
5-yr appr.4.8%
Cap rateGeorgia
1 metrosGeorgia, anchored by Atlanta, offers balanced yield and growth with strong landlord rights.
6.6%
Yield55%
5-yr appr.6.0%
Cap rateIdaho
1 metrosIdaho hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
4.9%
Yield85%
5-yr appr.4.9%
Cap rateIndiana
1 metrosIndiana is a sleeper cash-flow market with very landlord-friendly law and low entry prices.
7.6%
Yield42%
5-yr appr.7.4%
Cap rateNevada
1 metrosNevada hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
5.7%
Yield60%
5-yr appr.5.5%
Cap rateOklahoma
1 metrosOklahoma hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
8.4%
Yield50%
5-yr appr.7.6%
Cap ratePennsylvania
1 metrosPennsylvania hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
8.2%
Yield38%
5-yr appr.7.5%
Cap rateUtah
1 metrosUtah hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
5.1%
Yield72%
5-yr appr.5.0%
Cap rateWisconsin
1 metrosWisconsin hosts 1 of our tracked investor markets.
9.0%
Yield50%
5-yr appr.7.5%
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