I can send a million articles, but i encourage you to go to maricopa.gov in addition to the city websites where you will see all the development going on here at a micro level. 

@Scott Stampsi don't know anything about it but i am just curious:what your experience level iswhat you're hoping to accomplish

It can take a lot of time and effort if you go it alone, so having a trusted team can be a huge advantage.

I’m temped to order an appraisal this month, or does that seem like over kill and do you recommend I sit back and trust the real estate process?

You find this out by talking to people, speaking with past residents, people in the industry, or mystery shopping the property.Using technology to pull in data so you don't have to manually type it in, is helpful, but other than that, I would not trust automation. 

Do we have trusted advisors, brokers or community bankers within this platform who would like to work on this?

I've used Propstream, Red X and Real Estate skip trace with varying levels of information accuracy.

But you will need some good capital and reserves unless you have a very trusted boots on the ground partner that can help you out.

Always Always Always get an inspection if your not going to view it yourself and get someone out there that you trust to look at it for you.

The key is understanding your comfort level with managing multiple units right out of the gate..