Part of our decision is also due to the airport and train system that are forecasted to be built there in the next year.

I did a Budget /Forecast and I need 2 million for infrastructure but most Banks in the area do not do these type of loans.

The slab-on-grade floor should be poured Friday, weather permitting.

Lenders and developers are doing more container deals because most work can be completed in a warehouse, largely eliminating weather delays, which saves time and money.

So do your due diligence on the actual project extremely carefully.In the hands of bad sponsor combined with bad economic weather, you may lose your money.

But yes, like other investors - I want to buy a unit in a place with good employment and good growth forecasts.

If you're happy to pay retail prices (what homeowners would pay), there are several tools out there that will help you forecast your costs. 

We love the desert and we wanted to invest in somewhere with great weather that had the option for short term rental and had high appreciation.

He said longer-term forecasts are more difficult to make.The index rose at an annualized rate of 4.1 percent, still above the long-run average growth rate but down slightly from the growth rate for August.The state has an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent as of the end of September, according to the index.

There will never be a shortage of people wanting to live in warm weather climates.