also, what was your job ?

Even with that said, it is easy for people to get mortgages these days- there are so many loan products and the job market is very strong.

At some point the sprawl will be contained either through boundaries like Indian reservations (to the south of Phx) or simply too great of a distance from jobs to make people's commutes worthwhile -- which will jack up prices in places where people have already built, which means even more appreciation for home values.The big negative here is that these are cities in the desert, and if drought keeps going (a real possibility), then there might not be the natural resources there much longer that would sustain the population, which of course would mean people selling and moving out and losing a lot on their real estate investments.

All of the "free credit report" sites I've looked at seem to be scams that want you to join some service.Also, I have a very high paying part time job right now that I pretty much lucked into but am thinking that it would be a good idea to work in a real estate office or mortgage company or as an assistant to a real estate agent or something like that while I finish school so that I can learn as much about RE as possible in the next couple of years, but all of those types of jobs pay about $10-$12 per hour and I'm making $20.00 per hour now.

Anyway over the new few months I will be selling the house, leaving my IT job, and moving upstate to try and make somthing out of real estate investing.

The listings agents job is to get the property sold not to do your DD.

Can you get a hourly wage job in an office just to get yourfeet wet?

I recently started a full time job.

The only way pick is the traditional methods which are credit report, job history, rental history and hope that they are accurate indicators of future performance.

do you have a job that pays you income?