Why Your Small Town Is (Probably) the Best Place to Buy Rentals

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast · Sep 16, 2024 · 36m

Your small town might be the best place to invest in real estate, even if it’s got only a few thousand residents. We know—everyone has told you to go to the bigger, growing cities where you can chase appreciation, but today’s guest might change your mind. He was able to scale to over twenty rental properties in just a few years, all by buying in his rural Ohio town that you’ve probably never heard of. Even better? He bought the rentals with none of his own money, AND he was cash-flowing THOUSANDS per month. So how do you do it, too?

Josh Bauerle tried to invest in real estate back in 2006…