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I was very keen on Pebble Creek UNTIL I read about the publicised noise issues surrounding the Air Force jets; all day long and into the night. I'm looking for peace and quiet in my dotage. Otherwise, sounds (except for the jets ☺) and looks like a great place.

You make a lot of good points especially re: buying new vs resale when it comes to the energy efficient materials used today vs. 20 years ago. Great content! Thank you for putting this together!

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H0W MUCH IS THE LOT RENT . WHY WOULD YOU PAY ANY THING FOR SOME THING YOU WILL NEVER OWN

Congratulations! Beautiful home and lot in an amazing community 😊

What’s the place called in Arizona where you showed the resort style pool?

I like the concept but hate Florida. I am quite happy in Vegas😊.

I lived for the better part of a decade in the Yuma Foothills. For seniors, the biggest challenge with the community is that there is ONE, and only ONE, hospital. YRMC pretty much has a choke hold over city government with regard to health care in the region. Twenty or so years ago, the city had been talking about possibly building a second hospital. YRMC got involved in the conversation, and mysteriously the second hospital plan was cancelled. If you have a health issue, and you're unable to get the level of care that you need, you may find yourself driving Phoenix, Tucson, or San Diego. Oh and there is VERY LITTLE water in the Colorado River in the vicinity of Yuma. Thanks Arizona, California, and Nevada! ☹ The river looks more like a creek as it crosses the international border into Mexico. Lastly, if you choose to live out in the Foothills, don't be surprised when you find large desert scorpions, rattlesnakes, and sidewinders in and around your yard.

I enjoyed watching your video sharing your experience. We will be considering some of the places you mentioned. But what i would really like to do is purchase land about an 1/4- 1/2 acre to build a container home. Are you familiar with container homes? Yuma, Green Valley and Bull Head all sounds like nice areas. I hear crime might be an issue in Yuma? I will reach out to you in a couple of months. Ron

You need to cover east valley

My wife and I lived in Scottsdale for 10+ years and came back to CA to be closer to my wife's parents. Unfortunately, they are no longer with us. So, we may want to fly the coop and possibly head back to AZ. I know the temps in the Valley have really risen since we left. Thus our interest in Tucson, maybe Oracle which sits at 3500 ft

I assume you live in Pebble Creek and not in the Tucson area?

Heritage Highlands in Marana....$3500 just to add to the other "normal" fees of being a new resident. Not good. Also, some of the 55+ communities require monthly fees for using (or not) the Clubhouse restaurant. Since my wife and I do quite a bit of cooking, we rarely use the amenities of a Club restaurant. In addition, we would anticipate purchasing a property on an all-cash deal. This factor does not negate still having to pay all these other fees. Great video!

Thanks for some confirmation on fees I’m seeing while looking at an ACTIVE community. My mom and I live together, and she’s ready to retire, but I need her to have activities that don’t require her driving across Mesa. I swear it’s like looking for a good school district haha. There are so many land lease communities, but you should only use one if you’re a snowbird and only need to park your RV for a few months, not for a “permanent” structure. The costs seem to even out anyway, a lower cost house has exorbitant lease fees, vs a higher house price with high HOA, but still lower than the lease fee. So if you’re going to pay the same amount in the end, get the land that can profit you down the road.

Master suite is correct, don’t cave in…lol

Thanks for such valuable information. Excellent videos!

Discrimination on the basis of age is illegal (unless Boomers say otherwise in 1988).

Love your channel get info and your style is great ! Happy New Year 🎉

Hi there! Have been listening to your videos for a while now. I am planning on moving to Arizona sometime in 2025, my home is going on the market in February here in Payette, Idaho. I am on a pretty fixed budget and was considering an active 55+ manufactured home community, wanting to pay cash for home to afford those terrible lot leases. I am wanting a 2 bedroom, 2 bath something newer, no yard work, patio for flowers is great. I am 71, but very active golf, pickleball, and do CrossFit 5 days a week. I was in Arizona in October, I have two boys that live in Gilbert which is way out of my price in range. If could find a newer manufactured home in a very active community with no lot leases that would be a dream come true. I looked at Dolce Vita in Apache Junction, Montessa in Gold Canyon, Monte Vista in Mesa they were all very nice and checked off all my boxes for being very active. I will look at the one you mentioned in this video. Any ideas?

This was valuable, thank you!

What realtors in small communities will NOT tell you is that you will NEVER find a skilled worker to fix anything in your house if it goes wrong. These workers simply do not exist in smaller communities. If you can't fix it yourself, you're out of luck.

Arizona is FANTASTIC. BUT - the beauty, peace and quiet come at a cost if you live in smaller communities. There are NO - ZERO - NADA - skilled tradesmen! So if your water pipes leak, your circuit breakers catch fire, your roof has a hole in it, or weeds take over your garden, you are STUCK! There is no one capable of fixing anything. The result is that all the smaller communities outside of Phoenix and Tucson are essentially 100% DIY. For the disabled, that is a disaster.

Overpriced.... builders know where the money is the boomers. Who wants to to spend this kind of money? I can build something similar on a undeveloped land for far less and still have money leftover to do some lite travel.

USED to be low cost housing

Lovely! what model is this floorplan?

Would love to hear about mobile home parks

$200k is affordable

My wife and I lived in Green Valley Arizona for almost six years the majority of which is age restricted… What we found was that the View Point HOA wanted to control everything in your life from what color you could paint your home, your front door, etc, so long as it was mud dirt or sand colored they were happy. They tried to control the lighting of flags at night claiming that the lights would interfere with pilots abilities to fly the plane. When you could have your garage door open, when you could put your trash receptacle out. If you were unlucky enough to purchase a home which was under the control of Green Valley Recreation you’d be saddled with several hundred dollars in dues even if you didn’t want to use the facilities. Kind of a socialist plan at best… There were problems with the medical facilities and staff in the area, not that they were part of the HOA, they just chose to not follow Medicare Guidlines (rules) and operated as if it was still the Wild West. One particular doctor is no longer a doctor as she committed Medicare fraud and my wife caught her at it subsequently getting her license revoked. My wife spent her working career in the medical field, part of which was as a Medicare Compliance position. You just don’t want to mess with her as she knows what’s right and what’s wrong… The straw that broke our camels back was the Pima County Sheriff’s Department doing whatever they wanted to as they had no one above them to answer to for their actions. Thus in the end we moved out of Arizona to New Mexico, we do not live in an age restricted community, there is no HOA sucking money from you while trying to tell you how to live your life. We’re much happier here in New Mexico, the people are friendly, you don’t get flipped off by neighbors walking past your home when your outside… I wouldn’t recommend southern Arizona to anyone as a place to live let alone retire.

This is an observation for the thoughtless developers: unless you’re using high quality drywall and windows, anytime you place a “sleeping” area as the main room facing a trafficked street (especially a corner as seen) you should put smaller windows atop for natural daylight only. I cannot imagine having guest stay and feel comfortable knowing they are going to be on a resting clock according to the exterior traffic. This is not a well thought out floor plan.

We downsized 7 years ago, we are up sizing as soon as we can.

Not affordable

I live in a 690 square-foot house. So to me that is definitely. Not small.

RV parking, pool sized lots on cul de sacs?

Half million dollars for 1200 square feet is expensive

The worst part of the villages is some of it lies within the town of Lady Lake and they are anti-religious

I wish they had these in California.

Looking forward to hearing about these new Del Webb communities you refer to at the end of the video! Thanks for the vid BTW!

Nevermind its a house so expensive for such a smaller home

The location is the only reason I could live there. But you are right, some people put a bizarre premium on being 2 minutes from a Costco.

It is a master!!!

Prices have Tripled in 12 years.$$$

This video helped us find our snowbird destination. We started looking at the western suburbs of Phoenix but the mountain view, tranquility of the area and a chance to build a new home helped us pick Saddlebrooke Ranch. If there was a prize for watching this video the most times I might win as I share this with friends and relatives. Thanks Again.

If you represent me someday, can you use the term “master”? Thank you

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I am a cancer survivor myself for almost 40 years God bless you with many many fulfilling joy filled years !

i really like your videos . i live near Verrado, any 55plus new builds closer to Central Phoenix?

Great looking Models!

Thanks for the tour on the homes. Good info! Oh, by the way, no offence taken over “master” bedroom. I still call it that as apposed to “primary”. Jeepers.

Live in an HOA 55+ in north county san diego. Sooooo uncomfortable in so many ways!!! Beyond comprehension.