The neighborhood is now trendy and property values have skyrocketed and will continue to do so I imagine.

The 16 unit is in a developing area and the other two are right inside trendy areas.

Current trend is, housing price would not tumble anytime soon...

It seems like the trend is to make offers waiving the inspection contingency or having a short inspection contingency period, which makes it almost impossible to get a good idea on what repairs are needed and how much it will cost before I'm committed to the deal.

The thing is it seems these new trendy condos in Midwest cities start pretty high since they are new construction .. but I could be wrong.

Phoenix has grown concentrically for decades and based on the planning models I see that trend is going to continue.

@Mark Sewell I have been seeing that same trend.  I

The only other trend is parents buying houses in formerly great neighborhoods for kiddies.

She shopped for 2 weeks until she found one that she wanted and then changed her mind and bought a $80.00 pair of sneakers instead.

Selling a trendy RE education program to people with money can be much, much easier than dealing with people just about to lose there house, or stepping through the floor of yet another fixer, or ...With a MLM sales job, there are very few variables.