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Permalink Reply by MegaRoachKill Dennis Hudson on April 16, 2013 at 5:17pm

Jessica, almost passed by your post 'til I saw you say, "somewhere kinda chill..." instead of others who seem to want the L.A. County jacuzzi-golf course lifestyle. I live in the South Valley. If you choose wisely down here I think you can get good house and duplex rentals. Buying is a different thing- people here hold out for ridiculous prices, IMO. Thing is, this area 'used' to have a pretty bad rep but it's changed a lot. You just have to pick your spot. Drive around when people are out and drive around at night. Stop in daytime and ask neighbors. Look, any city has troubles. Even upscale Rio Rancho (northwest corner of ABQ) has had a couple murders in recent times. So get on Google Earth and poke around. The part of the "South Valley" I'm talking about has Isleta Blvd running north-south through the heart of it all the way down to I-25 (after that is Isleta Pueblo). There's good stuff all the way west to Coors and all the way east to the Rio Grande. Good luck. PS- ask Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dept if they can tell you of any 'hot spots'.

Permalink Reply by Jessica Rodriguez Grisham on April 20, 2013 at 11:05am

Thanks for the advice! Very helpful! We stuck with an apt in the northwest area since it'll be close to where my husband will be working, but signed a short lease so we can look into getting a rental house or something similar. (It was too hard to try to find something like that online.) It's less than a week now that we'll be there!

Permalink Reply by MegaRoachKill Dennis Hudson on April 22, 2013 at 2:47am

Glad to help. When you guys are ready, if you want just post here and if I know of anything I'll let you know.