America’s best small towns for real estate investing

For our list of the best cities to invest in real estate in the U.S., we looked at the largest 600 cities in the U.S. and found the ones where home ownership costs are low and rents are high.

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Pensacola, Florida

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Paragould, Arkansas

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San Luis, Arizona

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Springdale, Arkansas

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