Gilbert or Chandler—best area for investment property?

[john3232]

Originally Posted by Captain Bill

The house on Gary backs up to Ray Rd which is fairly busy and I personally don't like to have a home backed up to a major artery. In addition it has the large power lines running right behind the house. I would not buy that house because of the two negatives that will always affect the value.

Golden Keys has a better location. It's near The Islands and in a good area. It should rent ok and should hold it's on with the rest of Gilbert. This is a short sale and the status is AWC-1 which means the seller has signed a contract and it's being negotiated with the lender.

Omaha, mls # 4489131 is also by power lines. It's a tri-level that I don't particularly like. It's lender owned and they make you jump through hoops to buy the house. Looking at a couple of pics, it does need work. The carpet is missing from the slab in at least one room. This is a home I would bypass although the area of Mesa is ok.

You can search on my website CaptainBillRealty.com and have a much better search than on Zillow. Mine goes directly into the mls and the information is updated every 4 hours. You won't find homes that say Active, like Golden Keys above, only to discover that the status is not accurate.

I would suggest that you find a Realtor that can work with you to help you find a property. Using your criteria, someone can help to reduce your workload.

On my site you can search for residential rentals in any area and that will tell you what the going rent rate is in any given area.

Thanks!!

[john3232]

Originally Posted by khuntrevor

And always look at the soil(s) maps. Gilbert fares poorly on that, otherwise it seems like people really like it.

I`m not sure what do you mean by soil maps?