Hello and welcome! I am a licensed Real Estate Agent in Phoenix, Arizona who wants to help people in their most fun and often times scary decision of buying or selling a house. I love getting to help people improve their life situation whether it be helping them move out of a bad neighborhood into their dream home or helping them financially because I believe the #1 way to build wealth in America is through real estate. I enjoy helping people through giving any information I can about the Phoenix area and the housing market so that they are fully informed when it comes time to make a decision on a home.
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Trevor Bragg Licensed as a Realtor® in Arizona Realty One Group 480-245-8166 TrevorBraggRealty@gmail.com License #SA691435000
The best thing about moving to Phoenix for 10 years was it made moving back to Tucson seem soooo much cooler. Phoenix is good for big city stuff. Otherwise its hell. No one would even notice if an A-bom went off there.
All I see on the 55+ communities are videos and articles saying to stay away from them and they're nightmares. Why is that? I'm looking at something like these 4 or other locations (Sun City Texas, Sun City Summerlin, Sun City Mesquite, Pebble Creek), but all I am finding is people saying not to buy in those 55+ communities. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. I'm unmarried and am looking for lots of golf options in the community along with some built-in activities and community center for working out and such.
It depends on your personality. I've had tons of clients move into these community and they love them. They love the social aspect, the security, the things to do, and the weather here. If you are someone who keeps to themself and doesn't want an HOA to enforce things like no cars on the street, no RVs on your property or no crazy paint colors, then you won't like it. There are over 25 55+ communities around Phoenix, so if you are interested in them, I'm sure one would fit you're needs.
Phoenix is too big and too hot. I was driving through last summer at 8pm after the sun went down and it was 108F. If you move to AZ find a one Walmart town (or nearby one) preferably above 3000ft.
The education statistics in the greater Phoenix area are a product of racial demographics and not an issue with funding. When compared to other areas and population groups, there is nothing out of the norm.
I had a friend in Federal government back in DC. When he retired, he wanted to move to a really safe city so he checked out the government demographics for major cities. He found that Phoenix was ranked as an extremely low risk place to live because there are no natural threats like hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, even terrorist threats.
What will be the impact to real estate values based on the hundreds of thousands or apartments and little houses being built around the Phoenix area? Goodyear, Surprise, Glendale, etc.
You are kidding right???? 37 minute drive to Phoenix? Where the heck have you been?? LMAO. I know people who drive one hour one way to get to work. My brother has lived in Surprise for the past 20 years and he said it's wonderful and peaceful, beautiful. For a real estate agent.....well you are different, that's for sure. You look uninterested in what you are talking about and I would consider seriously not using you as an agent who is so negative.....and I wouldn't trust you to get the value of my house.......NO THANK YOU!
Your children in a public school will encounter migrant adults posing as children, and many of the children have adult jobs working for the drug cartels with tasks ranging from the most horrific evil you can imagine and worse. You will need underinsured liability insurance, and if you need to use an emergency room or require an ambulance good luck. Any library or public park or shopping center must be viewed as a high-risk behavior. The background checks for educators are in name only, they identify as such so that makes it O.K., if you require car or air-conditioning repair you will be victimized just accept it. Your home will be made of chicken wire and stucco and may be built over a sink hole, as are many of the roads. The water you shower with will contain anything that industrial and military needs produce and discard and could be the reason for the high cancer cluster rating. Cheap labor abounds and that is great unless you are the laborer. The additives placed in food to help preservation in the extreme heat require an extreme amount. Oh, and you should ask your doctor about MRSA on the shopping cart handles. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and get a TB test as well as a Vally fever test.
True 🤣 my first time golfing in AZ was in 115 in summer. I did nearly lose the club a few times due to some sweaty hands and I learned I needed some new gloves when playing over summer!
Almost all of the ones with golf courses do NOT include it in their HOA fees, so you would never be required to pay for golf. CantaMia is a 55+ with no golf course in it though if you didn't want to be near a course at all
Republican politics: Fake electors, Kari Lake nutjob, election denial. Lowest funding in 50 states for public education. Trump likes the uneducated, per a direct quote.
Scottsdale is an oppressive and totalitarian government that causes its tax payers to be liable for its unconstitutional behavior ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BhZ0xbedWq8.html
I’ve been living in greater phoenix metro area since the early 1990’s. I say, bring on the heat. I walk at least 3 miles a day all year round. If you don’t like the heat, walk in it on purpose. Wear a hat, bring plenty of water and pace yourself. You acclimate to it and then you also really appreciate the other 8 months which are perfect. I’m from Chicago, so I also used to walk and run outside during those brutal winter months, same thing when I lived in London for 5 years, ran and walked in the rain. Florida and Houston Texas I’d walk and run in the bug infested humidity. And so on. Enjoy the misery, it becomes less miserable.
I'm in the suburbs of Chicago my property tax bill is 12,000$ a year I'm in a single family home I paid 320,000$ about 18 years ago now it's worth 525,000$ but hearing the average is 1700$ is crazy cheap
For the life of me I will never understand why early settlers didn’t decide to make the city of Phoenix somewhere like the Prescott (or Flagstaff, Pine, Show Low, or any of the other AZ areas that don’t get crazy hot) instead of where they chose. With no AC, freezers, wearing clothes that cover your whole body, they decided to make a place that’s excruciatingly hot from mid-May to late October the major city and capital of the state. Whyyy??
We’re gonna make it California 3.0 son. Lucky the Ballers with the money are coming to your state to help you boys out. And I can’t wait to trim all the palm trees in your state too, the world is mine!
I honestly, like lots and lots of Americans, will not be able to buy until those prices at least " at least will come down to 70% " those investors are very bad people, besides most of Californian they sold their house running away from the corrupt State of California and came to Phoenix area and "jacked up the prices paying CASH 70-80% above the value" that is very bad. beside the interest rate is very high 7% that is ridiculous, AND the inflation- No jobs- high gas prices- high food prices, in conclusion I honestly will not even think of buying or renting until thing gose back to before 2019.
Don’t forget to mention “no-sees”, tiny mosquito-like fleas that are nearly invisible biting feet and ankles. Another is the issue with walking dogs in summer, the sidewalks and concrete are too hot for their foot pads.
Looking at Mesa , Flagstaff, show low some of those are jobs in the valley are not paying to be able to afford those prices and that’s not to include your utilities home insurance , Tax’s and food prices .
Still overpriced by 41 to 61 % compared to your earnings your numbers are Wong and a lot are on the market over 100 days they just take of the market for 30Days or more then put it back on the market so it does not look like it’s been on the market for more than 40 or 50 days
I would say maybe 5% of homes actually do what you are saying with putting it back on the market and resetting the days. The time only resets if they take it off the market for 45 days. This is also dependent on the price of home. My numbers are the average across all homes, but if you are primarily looking at a luxury home, then yes 100 days will be more normal. But a starter home at 400k will easily sell in 1-2 weeks still. The MLS data is the best database for real estate research and it is where every site you find online aggregates its data from. I also never provided any earnings numbers. So I’m not sure where you are getting that info from.
Moved from So Cal to boarder of QC/San tan Valley last summer --- SPECIFICALLY bought when rates are high. Buy when rates are high if you can afford it. Don't wait for rates to get to 5-6% 450k homes gonna be bidding wars up to 500k real fast. CA starter homes are 7-9k a month so people are gonna keep moving out to AZ. I'm a loan officer and I tell all my clients --- don't wait. I speak to thousands of people over the last 2 years and WAY too many people think they are slick by waiting --- they are all gonna get Pre-approved at the same time and get out shopping at the same time and there is gonna be 20 offers on each home again. We could see rates be unchanged by end of this year or easily see 6% Once labor market breaks an unemployment goes up mortgage rates will drop quickly.
@@joeacquavella6548 too much demand --- both pent up demand and with the majority of millenials about to hit prime first time home buyer age of 31/32. Waiting to buy real estate is historically a terrible idea. Even if it dips a bit in the short term prices will continue to climb. Also rent is no picnic either.
Nice. People often underestimate financial advisors' importance. Over 50 years of data reveal that those who work with advisors typically earn more than those who go it alone. I've been fortunate to work with one for 13 years, resulting in a $1 million portfolio, largely from early investments in AI and other growth stocks.
Currently I'm just being smart and frugal with my money, I'm in the green 47% over the last 23 months and l've accumulated over $70K in pure profits from DCA’ing into stocks, ETFs, dividends and futures. However I’ve been in the red for a month now. I work hard for my money, so investing is making me a nervous sad wreck. I don’t know if I should sell everything, sit and just wait.
completely agree. I have been consistent with my profit regardless of the market conditions. I got into the market early in 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me, so I sold off. I got back in December 2020 and this time with guidance from an investment adviser who was recommended by a colleague..
Is there any chance you could recommend who you work with? I've wanted to make this switch for a very long time now, but I've been very hesitant about. I'll appreciate any recommendation.
Nice. People often underestimate financial advisors' importance. Over 50 years of data reveal that those who work with advisors typically earn more than those who go it alone. I've been fortunate to work with one for 13 years, resulting in a $1 million portfolio, largely from early investments in AI and other growth stocks.
@@livinginphoenix-trevorbragg homes will be 10% higher then 2 years bro lol Supply and demand --- low supply --- and there is a tsunami of millenial buyers about to turn 31,32,33 etc
@@joeacquavella6548 you talk fundamentals but we are at about 800k homes for sale in the country. During the last 'crash' we had about 4 million. not sure what fundamentals you are looking at?
I am probably the only person on planet earth that absolutely HATES the dry heat. I lived in Atlanta for 5 years before moving back to Scottsdale and I can tell you I had some of the healthiest skin I’ve ever had. Here my eyeballs are dried out, my skin feels like leather. No thanks. I’ll take humidity over this any day.
It is a bit on the outskirts, and not known for being the nicest of areas in Phoenix. It is more rural with some open land, but the houses are fairly run down there. It has plenty of land, and it is not a hot spot for builders to be buying anything there
