The Phoenix Housing Blog

Dear Joe and Angie Thompson,

Thank you for stopping by my website at ArizonaHomeCentral.com. The home you have inquired about on 5448 S Marigold Way, Gilbert, Arizona is available and is absolutely beautiful and is in a fabulous gated, private, resort community. Trilogy at Power Ranch is a retirement community that you might find fits all your dreams and active lifestyle when it comes to retirement.

From your email inquiry you have shared with me that you are looking to retire part of the year in Gilbert, Arizona and have a desire to purchase a retirement home. I think you have made an excellent choice to call Gilbert, AZ your home away from home! I personally have lived in Mesa/Gilbert area for over 33 years and have raised my children here!

Gilbert's community is so diverse and offers many activities for all walks of life. Please take a moment and click on the provided links below of valuable information that I have put together in regards to Gilbert, Arizona that will help you get more acquainted with the area. I have also included the Arizona's Buyers Advisory for your review that offers several website links to help you with relocating to Arizona and buyer information.

• Gilbert, Arizona: Things To Do
• Gilbert Chamber of Commerce
• Area Map of Gilbert, Arizona
• Buyers Advisory(provided by Az Assoc. of REALTORS )

As for your criteria for purchasing a home, you shared you are looking to move and retire in a few years after your purchase to allow your daughters to finish school. Your desire to work with a Property Management Company to lease out your home can be arranged once we close on your home. My company doesn't work with property management but I will be happy to assist you with several property management companies I have worked with in the past.

If you need any assistance with Lenders for your financing, I have included four lenders that are highly qualified and I personally recommend that will provide top notch service in helping you through your buying process.

• Mary Ellen Kohut - The Mortgage Advantage, Inc.
• Sonny Rock - Red Rock Home Mortgage
• Karen George - Az Home Loans
• Shailesh & Aimee Ghimire - CTX Mortgage Company

I also understand you live a very active lifestyle and you both enjoy Golf and Tennis. I play both and have played competitively for many years in the Valley of the Sun! Again, another great reason to purchase a home in Gilbert, Arizona for retirement.

I have put together a personal web-page for you with some communities that I believe fit your desired criteria. Some are retirement communities for active living and some are family residential communities.

• Your Personal Web Page-Gilbert Communities <Click Here for daily updated current listings

I focused on Golf/Tennis Communities, Water Front communities that provide a lifestyle for the young and active retired consumers. Please take a moment to look by clicking on your personal web-page created just for you. This site is updated every night to make sure you're always seeing current information, and any properties that are new or updated are automatically moved to the top of the list so you can check them out.

Some of the reputable neighborhoods that come to mind are of course Trilogy at Power Ranch (very active 55+ community), Val Vista Lakes (Lake Community) and Seville Golf Community all in Gilbert.

Here is a list of properties and community information that I have put together with your criteria in mind:

Triology at Power Ranch

Trilogy at Power Ranch is located near the San Tan Mountains just outside of Phoenix in Gilbert, Arizona, one of Money Magazine's best places to live. A gated, private, resort community where tranquility is the essence. Create the life of your dreams and make the most of every day. Features include the San Tan Club, Center for Well Being, Center for Higher Learning and a championship golf course. Here are a few homes that you might find of interest:

• 4616 E Apricot, Gilbert,AZ 85297
  MLS #: 2820622 View Listing

• 5448 S Marigold, Gilbert,AZ 85297
  MLS #: 2777864 View Listing

Val Vista Lakes

Val Vista Lakes is a 900 acre master-planned community in Gilbert. Val Vista Lakes community has four sports parks, bicycle paths, and a fantastic clubhouse. The clubhouse features an eight-court championship tennis complex, indoor racquetball courts, cardio and weight training facilities, junior Olympic swimming pool and spa, banquet and meeting rooms, waterfalls and a tropical lagoon swimming pool with a sandy beach. There are 24 residential subdivisions, several of which are custom gated communities, offering both lake-front and off-lake homes. Also within the master association are a variety of commercial businesses, that consist of restaurants, grocery stores, medical facilities, pre-schools, retail clothing, insurance agencies, banking facilities and automotive needs, just to name a few of the conveniences right in your own neighborhood. Also within walking distance there is a new shopping plaza with some of my favorite shopping boutiques and restaurants you will find at Village Square at Dana Park. Great community with so much to offer. With several Golf courses within 15 minutes from any direction. Here are a few homes that you might find of interest:

• 2135 E Freeport, Gilbert,AZ 85234
  MLS #: 2763378 View Listing

• 1242 N Palmsprings, Gilbert,AZ 85234
  MLS #: 2732038 View Listing

Seville

Seville Golf Resort Community with a resort feel within a residential community. The community built by Shea Homes features a private club that is outside of the norm. Waterslides, childcare and sand volleyball courts. The aquatics area (with its waterslides, cabanas and multiple pools), further enforces that you are escaping to a wonderful daily vacation getaway. Include the wonderful, award winning 18 hole golf course to the mix of spectacular resort-like amenities and you have Arizona's Finest Private Resort Club. This definitely would be a great place to call home and retire and be on vacation the rest of your life. Here are a few homes that you might find of interest:

• 6724 S St Andrews, Gilbert,AZ 85298
  MLS #: 2823420 View Listing

• 6671 S Classic, Gilbert,AZ 85297
  MLS #: 2749261

Please contact me and let me know when you will be in town so that I can make arrangements to meet with you both and I can arrange a list of properties to show you while you are in town.

I work with buyers daily and I know that the idea of finding your dream home can seem overwhelming, but rest assured that I will be there to help and advise you every step of the way. My job is to help you find that dream home for your retirement, and if you ask any of my previous clients, they'll tell you that I don't rest until you are completely satisfied.

If you have any questions or concerns throughout the home buying process, I want you to know you that you can feel free to contact me directly via phone or email. Thank you again for for contacting me direct and I look forward to hearing from you again soon.

Sincerely,

Candace Robinson REALTOR ®
HomeSmart Real Estate
1745 S. Alma School Rd. Ste 115
Mesa, Arizona 85210
(602) 710-2393 (office)
(480) 202-3558 (direct)
AZHelpUSell@yahoo.com
www.CandaceRobinson.com