Where are permits being pulled, where are the areas of development happening, who has plans to move into which sectors of the city (i.e. large business moving into the area like Amazon, Apple, Walmart, Banner, banks, ASU (and all their affiliate campuses and satelitte campuses) Intel, USAirways, Dignity, Amex.. if you can follow where these large employers are bringing in jobs, then housing will follow. 

He's out of Apple Valley.

Then I became the recommended real estate attorney for Apple employees.

There must be a reason why.Rajah your quite amusing... this is an investor buying a property.. the other lady is trying a sales gig she never did before apples and oranges.. we buy property at auction most every week.. its the name of the game. 

It sounds like the development is making progress, but wondering if others here have insight and opinions on this topic of growth in the area.Here's the 2010 post on why Apple won't invest in the U.S. - one concern was the supply chain, which Steve Jobs once mentioned that U.S. would have a difficult time investing with that sort of infrastructure that China has to support the product: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum...Anyway, a long discussion perhaps enough to jog conversation!

Whoa @Mike Cumbie, I appreciate your input, but you're comparing apples to oranges.

If that is the intention, then the deal again, seems a bit risky by the fact that it could become that "sour apple in the neighborhood".

I found something called Section 8 housing which can be very bad for investors if tenants are not screened properly I understand even with proper screening you will still get bad apples.

It may be the Apple capital of the world, but not Steve Jobs' Apple capital of the world - that's Cupertino.

Do your research, start with rentometer.com then check local listings, make sure to compare apples to apples.