When other responders quote and agree with what someone said, that is a good indicator that the forum agrees.

Clusters of dark blue areas (such as Queen Creek, Buckeye-Goodyear, area between Surprise and Anthem) may indicate the path of progress happened (or is still happening in these areas), and we might be able to assume the path of progress could continue in these directions.Do you find this kind of information helpful at all?

Gary:Most fair housing discussions I've seen related to occupancy indicate a reasonable occupancy is 2 persons per bedroom. 

On the one hand, I can see it as a positive indicator, for example of market health and increasing suburbanization. 

Another lady said he'll be done in 10 minutes and asked us to wait.  20 minutes later, we interrupted them to let them know we had to leave and to ask if we can reschedule, he gave us a bad attitude, just said he was there at 5pm at our scheduled time, indicating it was our fault that we missed our slot.  

These factors typically indicate strong rental demand and potential for property value increases.

I know that earnest money deposit is given as an indication of being serious but I just feel that $50k is a bit outrageous.

For your strategy to work you have to focus on markets where there are strong indicators the C neighborhood can transition into a B neighborhood.

Ron, Thank you for the input. i like the car check thats something quick and easy to see as a indicator of how they maintain their lives/ belongings. 

Your estimated first-year NOI is $29,040, but after loan payments, you're left with a negative cash flow of -$9,126 and a DSCR of 0.761, indicating the income doesn’t cover debt service.