4 offers coming in on my house tomorrow, next stop Phoenix!

[43north87west]

Originally Posted by shickey

Awesome, thanks for the feedback. Any ideas for other places to look for rental homes in the scottsdale area??

Check Craigslist and any MLS realtor for the listings.

I've seen anything from ReMax, Century 21, and others.

Your budget of $1500 base rent, could get you a house in the 85254 ZIP code, which is not Scottsdale proper, but adjacent to Kierland and basically considered Scottsdale. (Same ZIP as Kierland.) I have seen a number of homes in that ZIP for $1500 base rent. A couple had pools. This is not an unreasonable goal for this area, IMO. 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage type thing, and if you're lucky you could get a pool. Also, I've seen some nice $1500/mo rentals to the east of here. Single family homes w/pool. It can be done, I've seen a number of them within the last 90 days.

I ride my bike around most of that ZIP every other day, so I see a lot of for sale (and "for rent") signs, and I check up on them, just to see what's going on in the area. Look around and you'll find a home in the area you want for that price. It just depends on how patient you are, and how well you look. If you don't look in multiple sites, you can miss a LOT of properties. What I've noticed, is that you can look in 3 places and find 75-85% of the same properties. But, each of the 3 places will have a few unique listings that make up the remaining listings. And sometimes, they're listed only ONE place.

Fortunately, this is a good season for renting. People leave for summer.

[shadow91]

I found my house on craigslist, it is in fountain hills, on the market prior to me moving in for $750,000. It is 3,000 square feet, 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage, huge kitchen, living room, dining room, pool, beautiful neighborhood, and I rent it for $1,200 a month. Landlord pays sewer, garbage, pool service, and exterminator. I pay electric, water, cable, phone. I love my house and just signed another years lease on it. So if you find one on craigslist, don't pass it by, check it out and see for yourself. When I went to see the house, my first thought was I can't afford a house like this. I went in and said, before you show me the house I need to know what the rent is going to be. When they told me the price and what it included I couldn't pass it up. Good luck to you.

[shickey]

It's done. We visited last weekend and found a place. We ended up getting a place at the top end of our budget at 2000/mo but it's truly fantastic.

Our close cross streets are 92nd and Raintree. Right between DC Ranch and Kierland.

I look forward to seeing you all on 7/25.

[sablebaby]

Originally Posted by shickey

It's done. We visited last weekend and found a place. We ended up getting a place at the top end of our budget at 2000/mo but it's truly fantastic.

Our close cross streets are 92nd and Raintree. Right between DC Ranch and Kierland.

I look forward to seeing you all on 7/25.

Glad to hear it worked out! I bet it's a nice house and $2000 isn't bad if you make enough. At least it's a rental and you can always move at the end of the lease to something cheaper, if need be. Not so easy when you own it.

Hope you love it here!!!

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[observer53]

Congrats! Going that far outside of your stated preference of 1500, you were going to find a lot of places.