according to HomeVestors of America & Local Market Monitor.   Corpus Christi is #4 and Longview #8.  These cities are considered less risky for investors looking to purchase sing-family homes as rental properties.  ” Many of these markets have unemployment rates well below the national average, but show strong  job growth & housing price have bottomed out”, according to Ingo Winzer, Local Market Monitor president.  The top 3 are Lafayette, LA., Fort Wayne, Ind and Erie, PA.  INTERESTING FOR US IN THE TYLER AREA!