Rent to Live… Buy to Rent Harry Dent | February 07, 2019 Did you read Andrea Riquier's two articles on Market Watch last year about real estate strategies? Definitely worth it! The first was "The new housing play: helping priced-out renters become long-distance landlords." It was a strategy aimed at people living in unaffordable areas like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, or New York. Rent in those areas to avoid the high purchase costs and a major bubble burst (when it inevitably comes). Then use your freed-up borrowing power to buy a house in an affordable area where renting for income is more lucrative, and far less risky. We're talking places with high percentages of single-family rentals, like Detroit, Las Vegas, or Kansas City and a few more listed below. Except for Baltimore, these cities aren't on the expensive coasts. Rather, they're more towards the center of the country. They have more struggling middle- or lower-income families who can't afford to buy, even in these less over-valued areas. And besides Detroit – to a degree – none of these are bubble cities that are likely to crash and crucify you. In her second article called "Pick your poison," Riquier showed that there are two ways to make money in real estate. Look at this chart that rates areas by quality of life. READ MORE » This subset of "FAST stocks" has crushed the S&P 15-1 since 2000! Want to know what they are? And how to access the latest FAST stock opportunities hidden inside the stock market right now? Just go here to get the full story. More From Economy & Markets How QE Perverted Our Economy Harry Dent | January 30, 2019 When I share with people my Spending Wave chart, I must now do so in TWO stages. The first with the market correlation to the 46-year lag for peak spending before the idiotic, insidious, irresponsible QE phenomenon took flight, and the second one after. Look what these "experts" did… READ MORE » Are Markets About to Explode Upwards? Harry Dent | January 28, 2019 Ken Griffin, the Texas billionaire worth around $10 billion, just bought two combined penthouse apartments at 220 South Central Park for a whopping $238 million. And he recently bought a house in London for $122 million. So, in the last year, he's ponied up $360 million for property. Is this a case of more money than sense? READ MORE » Economy & Markets  |  Dent Research You are receiving this e-mail as a part of your free subscription to Economy & Markets E-Letter. Remove your email from this list: Unsubscribe. To cancel by mail or for any other subscription issues, write us at: Charles Street Research Attn: Member Services, 819 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD, 21201 | Phone: 888-211-2215 | Fax: 410-223-2682 LEGAL NOTICE: Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. This e-letter may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the worldwide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Charles Street Research. This work is based on SEC filings, current events, interviews, corporate press releases and what we've learned as financial journalists. It may contain errors and you shouldn't make any investment decision based solely on what you read here. It's your money and your responsibility. The information herein is not intended to be personal legal or investment recommendations and may not be appropriate or applicable for all readers. If personal advice is needed, the services of a qualified legal, investment or tax professional should be sought. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in any security recommended to our readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after on-line publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publication prior to following an initial recommendation.