Washington DC: 6.1% Return on Investment (2011) Washington DC is another metropolitan area that represents a highly difficult environment for investors.  With extremely high levels of regulation, high prices, and low rents relative to market value, it is not likely that investment properties in...

Tampa, FL: 12.5% Return on Investment (2011) Moving up the Florida coast to Tampa reveals a somewhat less distressed market.  This stems from the fact that Tampa did not experience the same high-rise construction boom as Miami, and did not become oversupplied with high-cost condominiums.  As a...

St. Robert, MO: 18.5% Return on Investment (2011) St. Robert is the city just outside of Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.  By the standards of many investors, St. Robert seems like an extremely small market that is hardly worth consideration by income property investors.  However, the intrinsic...