Since it is such a high stakes issue you want to get educated on it ASAP.

But today, there is much less inventory and it's much more of a seller's market.

We got the bill today.

For instance, I may work on a cost analysis excel spreadsheet today from my MacBook Pro, leave to see a property and take notes in the same excel spreadsheet on my iPhone and get back home and resume working on it again on my Mac.

The population is more educated and affluent than you might expect (due to the presence of a NASA offshoot) and the home prices are very affordable.

My response was a simple question back to them: "would you take $150K today if you didn't need it..

So if anyone has any recommendations of resources I can utilize to educate myself, that would be awesome!

If you were starting today, and lived my nomadic lifestyle, how would you approach real estate investments?

.  ;-)Today's Newspaper***********************************"Metro Phoenix homebuilding hits decade high"New houses are going up in the Phoenix area at the fastest pace in 10 years, and prices are climbing faster than they have in five years.Buyers are again heading to Valley suburbs farther out to find houses they can afford.By the building numbersMore than 1,950 new houses sold Valleywide in May, and the pace of sales for the year is 18 percent ahead of last year, Belfiore Real Estate Consulting reports.May was the best month for new house sales in metropolitan Phoenix since March 2008, according to RL Brown’s Phoenix Housing Market Letter.Brown reports the median new house price in the Valley is up almost 3 percent from last year to $330,000.

I also attended the auction today and still have a few properties to review and bid on ... alternatively, checking gutted houses as well for Cash deals.