It is rough in some areas, but with the continuous growth of ASU and Old Town Scottsdale it is only a matter of time before the neighborhood swings.

If the street Gentrifies, sell it and make a bundle and do it again, if it doesn't you will have one fancy home to call your own.Can't find or afford contractors, you then must be the contractor (be your own boss) and swing the hammer and saw the saw.Just my 2 cents.

Can you handle the swings of money going in/out?

I agree, after doing more research I think I would pursue a rental property that I can get in at a good price sometime in the next year if something comes along, or wait for the market to swing back to more of a buyers market- i'd like something i can rehab slightly and then rent it out... hold it for a while and evaluate / decide if it's something I'd keep for longer term or sell when prices rebound. 

That said, when you get the confidence, swing by the Developing area of the site.

My spare time is very limited, however I do enjoy Football (Leeds United) Music, Golf, Reading and quality time with my family.

Too many days of freezing in the michigan winter hammering nails and standing on a six inch wall 20 feet up trying to guide trusses that are swinging from a crane & hoping the winter wind don't send you on a quick trip down while the builder sits warmly in his brand new truck talking on his phone.

I had an agent this week tell me she was too busy playing golf and couldn't answer my call.

The local Renatus group here is still getting into the swing of things since it was formed not too long ago.

The same property for 150,000 can swing the payments up to 300.