I have been living, working, and investing in the East Valley area for many years. Living here in Phoenix for 20+ years, I know the ins and outs of the market. I have an excellent group of professionals that I work with during the purchase process. I have several home inspectors, termite inspectors, AC specialists, and general contractors that have done great work for my clients during the inspection period. A good home inspector will be very thorough in discovering the condition of the home. It is common for a home inspector to find items that the seller of the home wasn't aware of. A very common item that home inspectors find is cracked roof tiles. Homeowners don't scramble around on their roofs very often and the home inspector often finds this as an item. The Seller's Property Disclosure document is provided by the seller to the buyer during the inspection process. The seller is obligated to disclose what they know about the home. As much as homeowners know about their home, there are typically items inspectors find that the don't know about.

I have owned my own rental homes for 10 years in the East Valley and specialize in property management in the East Valley. I am over qualified with coordinating renovations and vendors to prepare the home for a tenant, market for a high quality tenants, screen the tenant, execute the lease, and provide ongoing management of the property including walk throughs. You can review over a dozen recommendations by my clients on my trulia.com profile. And you can contact me directly at 480 382 9681, jenniemiller1@live.com, or http://www.jenniemillerrealtor.com.

For the benefit of all, I am posting my response here in the forum.

For a list of certified home inspectors go to http://www.btr.state.az.us/listings/professional_registrant2.asp

Home inspections often uncover items not disclosed that should be. Also very important when you don't get disclosures such as bank owned. One current example, I have a client buying a bank owned which flooded while listed. No disclosure from seller or listing agent. There was no obvious mold infestation, but additional inspections uncovered a mold problem that requires substantial remediation. Even though the home inspector does not test or inspect for mold, the inspector did point out the signs of water damage which lead to the further investigations.

Be sure to check out the Arizona Buyer Advisory found at http://www.aaronline.com/documents/buy_advis.pdf. It has lots of good information and links to resources.

Don't have any specific recommendation for the Gilbert area.

I will follow up via the email address you provide. It sounds as though you are lookin for a full service property management company that handles all aspects of PM between acquisition to sale, with a proven track record. ONEprop, Inc has been managing SFR since the late 1980's and is in several markets. We have all the systems, processes and established relationships to effectively rehab, lease and manage your portfolio. I would be glad to answer any questions or expand on all aspects of the management services we provide.