Best Places to Live in Arizona:Pima Santa Cruz & Cochise County Grand Experience Properties LLC

Saguaro National Monument Tucson Arizona

Golfing anyone? Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise counties offer wonderful retirement areas with low cost of living, temperate climate, and golf courses. But there are tons of outdoor adventures waiting for everyone of any age. You can have so much fun exploring southern Arizona any time of the year because you can always find someplace with nice weather. Most of southern and southeastern Arizona averages in the 80's during the summer, some places in the 90's but the Tucson area can get up to a little over 100. But evenings and mornings are nice. And mountains offer cooler temperatures. Sierra Vista and Bisbee offer nice temperatures year round.

Tucson offers the most employment and has 3 school districts in the top 20 in the state, including the #1. Plus it offers a children's museum, Transportation Museum, Wildlife Museum, Saguaro Desert Museum, Saguaro National Park, a National Observatory, and an Airplane boneyard and golf courses and skiing on the top of Mt. Lemmon and Canyon Ranch Spa! It is home to University of Arizona and Pima Medical Institute. Just north are suburbs with properties with land that sit at the base of the Catalina Mountains. My youtube channel has a couple of videos of this area. East is Saguara National Park and visit Gates Pass in the evening for amazing sunset photos. South of Tucson is lovely family-friendly Sahuarita which boasts the #5 top school district in the state and mountain views. South of that is Green Valley and Tubac and Ria Rico with golfing, a missile museum, and beautiful Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains and fishing at Patagonia Lake and scenic Parker Canyon Lake. You might like Tucson Estates, a very active retirement community with pickleball, pools, tennis, library, gym, shuffleboard, golf.

Then head east and stop and visit the Patagonia Museum then over to Sierra Vista which means Mountain View in Spanish. It is a valley surrounded by mountain ranges that are almost 10,000 feet in elevation. Sierra Vista is at 4600 elevation and the hottest it gets is about 90, winters are in the 60’s. It has the #3 top school district in the state. This is the nicest weather in southern Arizona year-round if you are looking for 1 place to live year-round. It has a hospital, airport, Cochise College, and affordable active retirement communities. Further east is Bisbee also with a hospital and airport which are the main employers of the areas. (Pick up some orange honey butter or honey mustard from the Killer Bee Guy.)Between the 2 towns is the Ramsey Canyon Preserve, a birder's paraside on the 150 mile long San Pedro River that runs from Mexico north to the Gila River. This river waters lots of farms and ranches. Decorate your new home with all kinds of unique pieces from local artists showcased at the Patagonia Trading Post. If you have a home or property you would liike to list on the MLS for top dollar or you need a cash offer and fast close, reach out to me.

Further east is Slaughter Ranch at Douglas. Cross the border into Agua Prieta for a cultural experience. Nearby is historic Tombstone (try some of Johnny One Dog's sasparilla), ancient ruins, Kartchner Caverns, Benson.

Drive to Gates Pass for camping and amazing sunsets, you can join the Southeastern Birder's Observatory for hikes and events.

Perhaps you could be a photographer in southern Arizona? Further east are the Chiracahua mountains with the Southwest Research Station-another birder’s paradise where you can camp.

Cochise college has several locations and offers research programs in archaeology, weather, botany, riparian, and wildlife as well as employment opportunities. Take their courses and go to work at one of the museums or preserves I just mentioned. Live the life you’ve always wanted.

If you want an off-grid homestead, go solar or wind turbine and design and build your own alternative-style home, you can do that here. Land is affordable. Cost of a well varies depending upon the location, so it will have to be researched. Some properties have shared wells or you can go in with neighbors for a shared well. Call me or complete the contact form at the bottom of this page and let me know what your dream is, what you like to do, and what your price range is and what kind of climate you prefer, whether you want to be away from it all or near it all or in-between. I will be happy to send you listings of properties for sale and if you are looking for something specific that is not for sale, I can check expired listings and even reach out to property owners. Here are videos of areas in these counties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tkcZ_PDrkY

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Sold - Beautiul over 8 acre ranch off-grid home with a well $400,000, perfect weather year round east of Tucson, mountain views, nice elevation - as of 5-18-2023

Sold - Wow $400,000 will get you a 3900 square foot home on 2 acres with a pool and garage in southern Arizona - nice temperatures. Ask me for the listing before it's gone!

Sold-Would you like a property that sits at the foothills of the beautiful Santa Rita Mountains with electricity and water and it percs for a standard septic with tons of outdoor adventures waiting? Call for details

Really Unique! Nice setup for an airbnb: 3 beautiful dirt-bag homes finished nicely, well, off-grid setup, site built structure, outdoor toilets, outdoor shower, big covered outdoor kitchen, mature trees and garden. Pictures don't do it justice. There is a company that will usually finance these types of properties. Call me for information.

Sold - $270,000 manufactured home in beautiful Oro Valley at the base of Mingus Mountain on an acre and a half.

Sold-$200,000 for an 1100 sq ft home in beautiful Green Valley! This will sell fast. Hike Madera Canyon!

Sold - Really cool property! 36 acres next to an old ghost town/mining town with electric for $140,000. 2 parcels to choose from in the mountains near Patagonia Lake!

Sold-Once in a lifetime opportunity to own 100 acres in the Chiricahua National Monument in the mountains with 3 mines and 2 springs for $1,100,000.

Sold-40 acres for $125,000. electric and phone, near the Chiricahua mountains. You can subdivide some of the parcels listed on this page or go in with family or friends. You could have your own family farm!

Sold-36 acres in Wilcox for $36,000 in the Eureka Springs Ranch area in Wilcox. Electric on the property. Privacy! Near mountains.

Sold -Really cool property! 36 acres next to an old ghost town/mining town with electric for $140,000. 2 parcels to choose from in the mountains near Patagonia Lake!

Sold really fast! $420,000 40 acres ranch, home, garage, wells, greenhouses, 1 acre pond. This was a great deal!

Sold-Very nice 36 acres that can be subdivided for $245,000 bordering Alamo Canyon with a creek - in foothills surrounded by mountains - Privacy! Wildlife! Serene beauty! Peace! Stargazing!

Sold-Ask me to send you this listing just so you can see how georgeous eastern Arizona is. Get away from it all and have privacy and wildlife and true beauty at the entrance to Cave Creek Canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains with electricity and phone to the 14 acre property that just needs a well and septic and your dream home - $495,000. 4900 elevation - perfect weather year round.

Sold - A 1400 sq ft manufactured home on almost an acre and a quarter near Catalina State Park and the Catalina Mountain range with trails and views and beauty and wildlife! $160,000

Sold - Almost an acre and a half just souht of Tucson in Vail with a manufactured home for $175,000. You can make your dreams come true here!

Sold - Wow in the southwest part of Tucson almost 2 and a half acres with a 1992 1100 ft manufactured home for $110,000! water and sewer and electric are all there!

Sold - Would you like a 1100 sq ft 2002 manufactured home for $150,000 in Sahuarita just south of Tucson? Close to Tucson but in the country.

Sold - Beautiful 2700 sq ft home bordering Catalina State Park at the base of the Catalina Mountain Range on over 2 acres for $850,000. Scroll down to the next picture to see the area the home is in.

Sold - The perfect summer home atop Mt. Lemmon with a guest home to rent out. For the winters, you could stay at your casita on the Colorado river and rent out both of these homes to skiers! $1,400,000 - homes total over 3300 ft and there's 1.4 acre with no HOA!

Sold - Views of the Chiricahua mountains but only about an hour east of Tucson a 1985 single wide 840 ft 2 bed 2 bath manufactured home surrounded by pine trees, fenced property, shared well, 15 acres. Peace and solitude and wildlife!$150,000

Sold - Benson 1 acre 1100 manufactured home for $150,000 - close to Tucson for work. Room for garden, fruit trees, nice growing area - plus it has a garage and workshop.

Sold - 26 acres near Patagonia Lake for fishing and swimming in southern Arizona for $250,000 - shared well!

Sold - 1995 Manufactured home in Tucson estates for $170,000 - retirement community - lots of things to do - mountain views!

Sold - 74 acres with a 600 feet deep well, electricity, county-maintained road for $299,000 at the base of the beautiful Chiricahua mountains at 5200 elevation - perfect weather!

Sold - In eastern Arizona at the base of the Chiricahua mountains - over 2000 ft home on 50 acres for $235,500. guest house, garden area, workshop, hen house, corrals.

Cochise and Santa Cruz county title companies: Stewart Title (520) 415-3400

Southern Arizona Title (520) 375-6460

Home inspectors:

https://www.trwinspections.com/about

https://midnight-sun-home-inspections-llc.business.site/

Utility companies: https://www.azwater.com/

https://www.uesaz.com/

https://www.ssvec.org/

Cochise County zoning Bisbee:(520) 432-9240

Cochise County zoning Douglas:(520) 805-5710

Santa Cruz zoning: (520) 287-7245

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