Pulaski County’s underwriting tension is a stated $1,180 monthly median asking rent and 6.1% gross yield against a $232,203 median home value, while visible marketing, covered employment and flood exposure require property-level verification. This is a county for operators able to test rent durability and insurance before relying on the headline yield; buyers seeking evidence of stable tenant and resale demand should be cautious. The yield uses published market rent and is before costs, not a net-return measure.
Zillow’s county measure is dated 2026-06. The supplied HUD two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not a market-rent estimate, and must not replace published asking rent in yield work. The effective property-tax rate is 0.61%, a carrying cost requiring parcel confirmation. FHFA’s repeat-transaction HPI rose 12.17% in 2025. That index is not a home value: its annual result has a different method and period from Zillow’s measure, so the two cannot be averaged into one appreciation rate.
Realtor.com’s 2026-06 MLS evidence shows 166 active listings and 16.83% of listings reduced. These are asking-market supply and seller-concession signals, not closed-sale prices or proof of buyer demand. QCEW’s 2025 annual average shows county-workplace covered employment down 1.34%; it is not resident employment or unemployment. Leisure and hospitality is the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy. Out-movers exceeded in-movers, and arriving households had lower average income. The record counts 51 investor purchases among 690 total purchases, or 7.39%, indicating a minority share rather than no nonowner competition.
Inland flood is the dominant hazard, and modeled annual climate loss equals 0.14% of building value; this is a modeled exposure ratio, not a property-specific loss estimate. Obtain flood-zone, elevation, claims and insurance quotes, plus parcel taxes and condition, because expense, financing, vacancy and repair data are not published here and prevent a net cash-flow conclusion. Closed-sale comparables, lease terms, submarket rent dispersion and tenant-credit evidence are also not published, preventing a conclusion on exit pricing or rent durability.