I've walked their properties in-person, and their build quality is good.

@Malcolm Brown Are you planning to purchase a property in your personal name or via an LLC?

Raising your credit score will get you far better rates personally as well as with private lenders for your LLC. 

We recently relocated to Phoenix last summer and I'm starting to look for recommendations for local credit unions here in Phoenix which are trustworthy, low rates, personal touch, easy/simple to work with, etc. 

Choose a goal so ambitious it forces you to grow into the person who can achieve it.

Would love feedback from anyone with personal investing and/or property management experience in these cities.

Awesome to see a new investor-minded person here.. do you have a favorite real estate success story already?

Take into consideration that when the person you gifted the property to will have special tax considerations as well 

When it's a well established company like Apple, they aren't likely to be going out of business so there is some certainty that there will be in increase in demand for quite some time.

I haven't personally dealt with any crazy insurance premiums such as the ones people have been advertising in like Tampa, FL.