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Are you looking for the best places to live in Phoenix?

Has this already happened to you?

You are looking for the best places to live in Phoenix and you receive an email with a newly listed home on the market or you search our site and find a home for sale and it looks perfect!

You’re super excited! The interior photos are beautiful and it has everything that you have been looking for in a home! This could really be the one!

You jump into your car so you can take a look at the exterior of the home and to get a feel for where it is located.

You leave the comfort of your home, expend the gas and time to reach the home, only to realize that the neighborhood isn’t at all what you had hoped for.

You drive all the way back home in utter disappointment.

It can be hard to find the best places to live in Phoenix.

Don’t wast your time.

We live in a (ever increasingly) fast paced world and your time is precious.

Here at Desert Premier Realty Group, it’s our goal to share as much of our experience and knowledge as possible with you, so that you can be smarter and more efficient than the average home buyer.

1 quick way to find the best places to live in Phoenix.

Here is a tool that many of our clients use to help them get a feel for different neighborhoods in the Valley and help them find the best places to live in Phoenix:

Google Maps – Street View.

Let’s say that you’ve found a home for sale that you think has potential, but you’re not sure of the geographic area and you definitely don’t know the neighborhood.

Your could jump in your car and drive across town, spending an hour or two in traffic… Wait a minute… Haven’t we been there before?

You are the smarter home buyer.

Just plug the address into Google Maps and select Street View.

Drop the little yellow guy (peg man) right where you want him.

You can have a virtual tour of an entire neighborhood and surrounding area, without having to step one foot outside of your own home.

You can get an instant quick view of the home for sale and get a feeling for whether or not it fits within what you desire.

Now you know how to find the best places to live in Phoenix.

Once you’ve determined how you feel about the neighborhood, you can decide whether or not it’s worth your time to make the trip.

The best places to live in Phoenix are where you decide they are!

Simple, isn’t it?

See below for a quick demonstration of Google Street View.

Opening image above courtesy of Flickr and Jason Paris.

How do you find the home that is right for you?

Just beginning your home search?

Or… Have you been researching the real estate market or looking at homes online for a while now?

There are many different things to consider about your future home as you start on the path to ownership. Things like:

The number of bedrooms
The number of bathrooms
The size of your home
The best location

And the list goes on…

While all of these items of consideration are extremely important to your buying decisions, there is one other item that is of utmost importance. This item will be a large factor that will help to shape the entire course of your journey.

The purchase price of your home.

What can you afford?

Depending on where you are in the buying process right now, the actual purchase price of your future home may or may not be your biggest consideration.

We think it should be. Just for right now.

In our many years of experience, we have come to learn that many buyers spend countless hours searching for and researching homes online, before they even know their price range.

The pendulum swings both ways when it comes to searching for and qualifying for a home. Many times buyers qualify for much more than what they think they can. Other times buyers are setting their sites on homes that are just out of their reach.

We want you to be the smarter home buyer.

We want you to work more efficiently with your time throughout your home buying journey, because buying a home shouldn’t take any more of your precious time than necessary.

Figuring out your purchasing price range early on in the home buying process will help keep you focused in on your target and keep you from looking at homes that don’t fit within your needs.

Are you less than a year away from purchasing a home?

It really depends on what stage you are in the home buying process as to how you should go about figuring out your price range.

If you are less than a year away from purchasing a home, then now is the time to consult a mortgage lender.

It’s critical to speak with a mortgage professional. They have the expertise to help you understand where you stand in regards to your credit and finances. They can give you the road map you need to have your financial affairs in order, so that when it’s time to make an offer on your dream home, you are ready!

Are you more than a year away from purchasing a home? Just work the numbers.

If you are over a year from purchasing a home, you’re probably fine with using a good mortgage calculator to see where you fit in.

If you are currently renting, are comfortable with the monthly rent payment and it is within your means, then you can just work the numbers backward to see what your potential purchase price would be. Once you’ve done that, you can feel pretty good that the homes you are researching and looking for are right for you!

Check out this quick video on how to use a mortgage calculator to figure out your home buying price range.

How To Find The Best Places To Live In Phoenix