Is Los Angeles, CA a good place to invest in rental property?

Los Angeles, CA has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-3,347 and a median cap rate of 2.2%, on a median sold price of $1,062,000. Prices changed -2.4% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in Los Angeles, CA?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in Los Angeles, CA is 2.2%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in Los Angeles, CA?

The median sold price in Los Angeles, CA is $1,062,000 (about $620 per square foot).

Investing in Los Angeles, CA Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the Los Angeles, CA rental-property market, built from recently sold homes and CashFlowRE's per-listing investment modeling — median price, cap rate, monthly cash flow, appreciation and inventory — so you can judge the market before you ever open a listing.

$1,062,000Median sold price

$620Median $/sqft

2.2%Median cap rate

$-3,347Modeled cash flow / mo

-2.4%Appreciation YoY

15.0Months of supply

21,555Active listings

17,255Sold (last 12 mo)

What the Los Angeles numbers say

In Los Angeles, CA, the median home sold for $1,062,000 (about $620 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 2.2% cap rate with a median $-3,347 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved -2.4% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 15.0 months of supply — a looser, buyer-friendly market. These are medians across recorded sales; individual properties vary widely, which is exactly what CashFlowRE scores listing by listing.

🔨 See 60 fix-and-flip deals in Los Angeles — listings where the estimated after-repair value beats list price + rehab.

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CashFlowRE ranks every for-sale home in Los Angeles, CA by cap rate, cash-on-cash return, DSCR and monthly cash flow — so the best rental deals rise to the top. Create a free account to screen Los Angeles deals, or browse the national market data.