Is San Jose, CA a good place to invest in rental property?

San Jose, CA has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-4,605 and a median cap rate of 1.6%, on a median sold price of $1,360,000. Prices changed -2.1% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in San Jose, CA?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in San Jose, CA is 1.6%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in San Jose, CA?

The median sold price in San Jose, CA is $1,360,000 (about $836 per square foot).

Investing in San Jose, CA Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the San Jose, 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.

$1,360,000Median sold price

$836Median $/sqft

1.6%Median cap rate

$-4,605Modeled cash flow / mo

-2.1%Appreciation YoY

11.1Months of supply

5,180Active listings

5,620Sold (last 12 mo)

What the San Jose numbers say

In San Jose, CA, the median home sold for $1,360,000 (about $836 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 1.6% cap rate with a median $-4,605 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved -2.1% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 11.1 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 6 fix-and-flip deals in San Jose — listings where the estimated after-repair value beats list price + rehab.

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CashFlowRE ranks every for-sale home in San Jose, 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 San Jose deals, or browse the national market data.