Investors Fleeing Bargain Rental MarketInvestors Fleeing Bargain Rental Market

•Saul Meyer, a professional with experience in areas ranging from investment banking to private equity, leads the Balam Group as owner and president.

His firm acquires real estate assets, invests in stable enterprises, and facilitates complex equity and debt transactions.

A businessman active in his community, Saul Meyer is affiliated with the Jewish Federation of Dallas and sits on the Greenhill School Alumni Board.

•At the height of the real estate collapse, savvy investors followed the old adage of "buy low, sell high" by beefing up their residential portfolios through low-price housing acquisitions.

Many of these investors, instead of following that adage to the letter and selling their assets once prices rebounded, chose to hold onto their properties and create a stable revenue stream by renting them to tenants.

•However, the above strategy works only as long as prices remain depressed. Recently, prices have done just the opposite, skyrocketing in some markets.

According to a survey conducted in part by the Premier Property Management Group, roughly half of investors plan to reduce their housing purchases in the near future.