10 worst U.S. cities for ROI on investment properties

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The bottom three cities in the ranking have an average payback period on a 20% down payment of more than 78 months. The average home value in these cities is $1,024,484.80.

Scroll through to see which cities are in the bottom 10 and how they fared.

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