They might get down like that in Yuma, Needles and Bryon (read desert)  Google / Facebook / IPO millionaires are to close and after the IPO they need a place to park their money, so carries are not a thing like they are in "fly over country"  Look here for people that solo 401k / Solo IRA loans that might keep it in their portfolio as they usually have more flexibility in how they underwrite their opportunities. 

Low-maintenance, well maintained desert landscape. 

Dev,Yes there are a lot of regulations in Palm Springs and neighboring Palm Desert.

Your uncle may be right about the 27 acres for $3k in AZ claim, but numbers like that are typically seen way out in the desert, miles from the nearest town (Holbrook, Kingman, St.

I'm particularly wondering about San Bernardino, High Desert area, Riverside, N.

Maybe out in the high desert area or Joshua tree area would work?

West side is desert springs by trans mountain. 

And no green house gas.now granted you have to make the power but we get a lot of ours from Hydro.What I have seen in the Mediterranean is every home has a BLACK hot water heater on the roof.. no need to power it for hot water.. we should do that in our desert areas.. of course in cheaper areas they may get stolen like condenser units do.

I have two rehabbed ranch condos in North Phoenix in a very good location near the 101 and not far from Desert Ridge.  

We have RV & Boat Storage here in the desert without coverings getting beat up by the sun and people are paying $100 a month for it.Go for it!