Those of you have invested in Metro Phoenix--or are posting "where to invest" questions--might want to read this article from today's Arizona Republic.At the end of this excerpt there is a link you should be able to access without being a subscriber:Jobs magnet: Study ranks metro Phoenix No. 1 nationally for attracting, retaining workersRuss Wiles, Arizona RepublicMetro Phoenix has finished at the top — again — in a national study that ranks counties by their ability to attract and retain high-quality workers and other economic-development factors.Maricopa County finished first in the study by labor-analytics firm Emsi, beating out runner-up Clark County, Nevada, home of Las Vegas, and dozens of counties from Texas and Florida.

Our C areas are thriving and we are business as usual including our market rent C class units that have no subsidy.Think about what was essential workers during shutdowns.......contractors, maintenance workers, custodians, mechanics, these are my tenants and they did not stop working!

Sometimes prepayment of rent is a sign of illegal activity, so be on the lookout for that.

That would ease paperwork.You may want to consider a Workers Comp.

But with a cell phone you have lots of freedom, you can leave notes sometimes for your guests if you won’t be there at check in time or make prior arrangements with them, there’s usually a down season and now there’s work-share trade sites where you can get a worker to come stay with you for anywhere from 2 weeks to a year in exchange for board or a small stipend and they trade you work such as housekeeping or front desk or gardening or all of the above to stay at your place and experience whatever amenities your location has to offer such as skiing, hiking, city life, etc.

For high wage workers — the ones buying most of the real estate — the employment numbers look very healthy.

I understand that you are not the United Way, but unfortunately you have stumbled into a situation that you need to assist in.Talk to local authorities and find a social worker to help get her onto a government program that can help with her rent and get her into a government housing program.

Let's see - oh, that's illegal and will get us arrested and sued!

I've got some wind farm construction workers that want to take a look at my places today. 

STR are illegal in much of the last vegas valley, highly regulated in the rest.