В Моне (Луизиана) спрос на аренду и доступность жилья создают новые возможности для инвесторов

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Local real estate professionals say rental demand and affordability have become opportunities for investors to generate income. Monroe ranked No. 16 in the country for return on investment in short-term rentals, according to an online property marketing director. DJ Fortenberry, a realtor at Harrison Lilly real estate, said a little over 50% of properties within Monroe’s city limits are rentals. South of Monroe, that number rises to 70% or 80%. “And so it’s a high rent rate for per our population. We should be closer to 30. But I think with the current opportunities going on, you’re going to see a lot of renters for the next 5 to 10 years,” Fortenberry said. The average revenue per property is approximately $34,000, according to the report. Fortenberry said the rental increase is tied in part to construction labor that is temporarily in the market to build and develop. “I think with the current opportunities going on, you’re going to see a lot of renters for the next five to ten years just simply because it’s construction labor that’s in the market temporarily here to build and develop,” Fortenberry said. Rent expected to stay steady Fortenberry said rent will probably stay steady. “I hate to say it this way, but partly because for the last 25 years, we haven’t really been growing. And a lot of our property values around Northeast Louisiana are pretty steady. We don’t really flow like the national market flows,” Fortenberry said. Fortenberry said the goal is to turn local renters into homeowners to grow the parish.