clayton rental potential (rental market, houses, buying)

[dilaurorn]

We saw a cute home on flamingo Dr Clayton,"country estates" SD. We need to get something now to live in for about six months and then we are adopting 2 more children (teens) so we plan on getting something a little bigger and keeping the smaller home to rent out.
My question is this, we love Clayton but what do you think of the rental potential? Too far? Is that a desirable little area? It seemed convenient for shopping and commute 70 to 40 etc...

[MainLineMommy]

The rental market actually appears to be doing very well in Clayton. Homes in ours and the surrounding subdivisions appear to rent quickly. We put a 'for rent' sign out and got so many calls that we had to take it down until we actually find our new place. Our realtor said that a lot of people are renting houses now instead of buying. That being said, I have no idea what the rental market will look like in 6 months. Good luck.