Buckeye for SFR Investing

[Brad D.]

I'm curious what local investors think of Buckeye as an area to buy SFH's to rent, as opposed to Surprise, Mesa, Peoria, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler.

On the pro side, it has decent prices, growth, newer housing stock, is somewhat close to Phoenix, decent price to rent ratio, seems to have ok schools, and is next to where Bill Gates supposedly bought a lot of land to build a smart city. 

On the Con side, it is a bit a bit farther from the metro, and not as established as the other areas mentioned, and doesn't seem to get great reviews on housing sites. 

The wild card is Interstate 11. I'm inclined to think it will help it, but some locals seem very against it.