$720,000 buys the median home in Scottsdale right now. With 20% down, that's a $144,000 down payment and a $576,000 loan, set against a $102,000 median household income.
Scottsdale's 0.65% property tax rate runs below the 1.1% national average. That's $390/month on the median home here, not a rounding error against the mortgage payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Arizona taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $4,424/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Scottsdale track at 125 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Scottsdale's median home price runs 71% higher than nearby Phoenix: $420,000 there versus $720,000 here.