You may want to stay at the lower elevations (such as the Grand Junction - Montrose corridor) due to average temps and growing seasons.

Measures (ConC etc) in isolation are misleading and too easily manipulated.

Message me I live in San Diego and we could be a good fit as I am looking into Mesa, Tempe, and Scottsdale area to build from start to finish, or buy multifamily units for a buy, rent and hold......would love to get in on the ground up and see your portfolio that you’ve done so far and references 

Either way, you are attempting to motivate workers based on behavioral manipulation, which will never drive you to receive the results you desire. 

I am skeptical of most metrics they can be manipulated. 

This makes you susceptible for manipulation.

There are ways I can manipulate the input to achieve a more desired output with real estate - I can fix up a house, add to it, rent it out, lease to own, sell it outright, borrow against it, etc.

You just have to be cognizant of the rules.In order to play the game you need to know the rules and how others manipulate them.

The value in having someone book directly through you is that you can actually manipulate the price in your favor and the guests favor.

I'm writing this post for a few investor clients of mine, and wanted to see what the average cash-flow per door other investors in the Phoenix metro area (Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert, Glendale, Chandler, Mesa, Peoria, Surprise, etc.) were getting on their rental properties.