To an outsider, Abilene was like a small landfall in the Sargasso Sea – remote, laconic, and forever closed to strangers.

Lawrence Wright

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Where to Invest

The following zip codes are good places to start looking for your rental properties:

79501 Anson

Buy: $60,000
Rent: $700
GRM: 7.14

79504 Baird

Buy: $80,000
Rent: $700
GRM: 9.20

79536 Merkel

Buy: $90,000
Rent: $700
GRM: 10.79

79562 Tuscola

Buy: $260,000
Rent: $1,400
GRM: 15.48

79601 Northeast – ACU

Buy: $120,000
Rent: $1,200
GRM: 8.33

79602 Southeast – Lytle

Buy: $170,000
Rent: $1,200
GRM: 11.85

79603 Northwest – Westwood Richland

Buy: $80,000
Rent: $800
GRM: 7.84

79605 Southwest

Buy: $110,000
Rent: $900
GRM: 10.24

79606 View Caps Wylie

Buy: $190,000
Rent: $1,400
GRM: 11.35