Cosmo - I personally don't know Phoenix well, but if I had to do this in another city I would look at income levels, crime levels, and population growth (if you can) by zip code and/or area within a DMA as a starting point.

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Hi everyone, I am a full time investor in Kansas City and my wife is Canadian (from Edmonton).

Here in FL a pool trumps all and having a spa feature built in offers additional ROI. 

By this logic investing in a new roof also doesn't make sense.

I’m trying to keep things moving, but this $20K requirement is throwing a wrench in my plans.

You could get everything in writing but you'd have to evict if purchase didn't go through.

In this case, you have 158 sq.ft. difference, so, for my example, that would be an adjustment downward of $5530 to $7,900 on the sales price of the comp.

Yeah, I keep hearing that Furnished Finder is the go-to place for mid-term.

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