Arizona Active Adult Living
What is the appeal of Active Adult Living? After all, not everyone is retired. Residents who are attracted to Arizona active adult communities are seeking a fun lifestyle, safe place to live and a new beginning.

It would be difficult to find an environment like the one you have in an Arizona Active Adult community that is as well kept, cheerful, respectful and supportive neighbors, a strong sense of community and a quiet and secure environment without having to pay many times more for the same home in a similar quality neighborhood. The fact property taxes are 1 - 1.4%, low home-owners insurance and energy efficient homes helps to stretch a fixed income further.

Some residents continue working in the area or work out of their home. Others are working in other areas of the country and come to enjoy their second home over the holidays to play a little golf and warm up and whenever they can take vacations. But we all want to live in a secure environment with excellent recreational amenities, organized activities and live near other residents with common interests and experiences.

It is possible for 40+ buyers to live in one of the Arizona retirement communities. By Federal law no more than 20% of the homes in a retirement community can have the oldest resident living in the home be between the age of 40 and 54. Each retirement community must decide if they want to change their bylaws to allow this and then setup a procedure to ensure community compliance. Contact me to learn more.

Why are we attracted to Arizona Golf Retirement Communities -- for the sun, fun and more sun.
Some Arizona 55+ communities feature housing options that include villas, single family Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa and Queen Creek AZ homes and condos. It used to be most 55+ housing was located in the Northwest area of Phoenix near Sun City, the resort that pioneered the concept of golf retirement communities. But Arizona retirement communities are so popular that they are now being built throughout the metropolitan Phoenix area. 

Grandchildren Visits
But don't worry about the children and grandchildren not being able to visit you. The kids will love to visit and enjoy our weather. And grandchildren under 19 years of age are welcome to visit you for up to 30 days a year in many Active Adult 55+ communities.

And Active Adult families with young adults 19 years of age and older are welcome to permanently reside in many Arizona Active Adult communities, providing one of the occupants residing within the same dwelling is age compliant.

Lining Up Your Ducks in a Row
Boomers can take advantage of the current pause in Arizona housing appreciation and buy at a discount with plenty of choices of active adult new homes to choose from. Those Boomers still working and planning to retire within the next 5 to 10 years should buy a home in an Arizona active adult community now and consider renting their home to "snowbirds" here for the winter for the wonderful weather.

The rental income will cover a good portion of your housing costs, provide you a place to stay when you want a get-away, allowing you to lock in your retirement home cost at todays low prices and interest rates and give you a second home tax write-off when you need it the most during your most productive years. The (55+ seasonal tenants) "snowbirds" are ideal tenants and take care of your home as their own. It is not unusual for snowbirds to return to stay in the same place year after year -  it is almost an annuity. All communities have rental restrictions and Active Adult communities are no exception. Minimum rental lease periods can be as short as 30 days to more than 3 months. I will make sure you know the current restrictions before you buy.

You Are Going to Love the Arizona Desert Climate
No other place offers a minimum of 6 months of absolutely perfect weather and 3 to 4 more months of near ideal weather, as you acclimatize to the dry desert heat. Fortunately, Phoenix has a 75 day summer monsoon season from July to September where heat and humidity are high and we get a lot of rain to keep our Sonoran desert beautifully green. But many even think our monsoon weather is still better weather than they had to face and put up with during the summer in the South, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. And we don't have snow, ice, sleet, lightning, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and other fun weather events to worry about. And the dry, sunny desert bakes out a lot of aches and pains. 

A Great Place to Call Home! 

There is no better place to enjoy the best years of your life. Arizona Active Adult retirement communities offers security, things to do, new friends to make and enjoy and a beautiful community environment. Many Arizona Active Adult communities have a beautiful golf course like this one. What better way to enjoy the near perfect weather and breath taking vistas?

Builders have done doing studies and found only 34% of the homeowners who live on the golf course actually play golf. They are buying the higher golf course lots because the like the open feeling. You are going to see more homes built backing to greenbelts and desert areas. Homeowners living on these desert and greenbelt areas will have the same feeling of openness achieved with lower development and maintenance costs.

 The Sky is the Limit for Things To Do!
How's this for a great place to back pack close to downtown Phoenix in Paradise Valley? Maybe your idea of exercise might be something less demanding like the weekly evening "Art Walk" in Old Town Scottsdale. There are fun things to do for everyone here.

It is a Great Time to Buy
Summertime is always the best time to buy. Most buyers wont return until the winter season begins. Sellers know they have to price their homes right to attract the few buyers in the market. In the winter there will be more buyers to compete for the available properties and sellers can price their homes higher to see what the market will bear. Of course, we have more homes to choose from during the winter season - it's a trade off.

The Phoenix real estate market has normalized. Sellers thinking they can list at inflated prices have either reduced their asking prices to market current value or taken their homes off the market. Investors, who earlier represented as much as 35% of the buying and selling activity in the Phoenix market, have moved on. In the aftermath of a very heated real estate market, there will be an increase in mortgage defaults. However, the stable Active Adult retirement communities are populated by very responsible and financially capable residents, but there are a few foreclosures/REO properties that I can show you. 

Ask Sam to be Your Guide - He's patient and easy to work with
Sam can help you explore Active Adult Living - current home prices, interest rates and desirable new homes and resale homes available in preferred Arizona Active Adult, Gated, Golf Retirement Communities. This will be one of your best decisions you have ever made and you will enjoy living here. You have worked hard and you deserve it. So what are you waiting for? There will never be a better time to buy! And don't forget to have your friends call me so I can help them move near you!