two story home with garage, cactus and desert landscaping - 4 Bedroom Home for Sale - 4220 E Douglas Ave, Gilbert AZ - Bill Salvatore, Your Valley Property Team - Arizona Elite Properties 602-999-0952

Truly a Home You Won’t Want to Miss!

Looking for a vibrant, “Best Cities” award-winning community in Arizona? Get all the perks of living in Gilbert; highly ranked school district, convenient health care, thriving businesses, employment opportunities, public parks and leisure activities, not to mention Arizona’s 300+ days-a-year of sunshine! This beautiful tri-level home is wonderfully cared for and sits on a well… Read More

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10 Best and Worst Cities for First-Time Home Buyers – WalletHub Study

Two Arizona cities appear on WalletHub’s list of Best Places for First Time Home Buyers, Gilbert and Peoria. In regard to home prices, there are certainly more affordable cities in the Valley but WalletHub’s study took 21 additional metrics into consideration including Real Estate Market Conditions and Quality of Life. Comprised of Cost of Living,… Read More

Gilbert, in Your Price Range? Price Reduced on this Great Home!

You can move right in, but the new lower price on this Gilbert 2-story reflects the updates that will make this house your dream home. New carpeting and an updated master bath are already done for you and the interior is freshly painted. The main level feels spacious with vaulted ceiling and dramatic staircase. The… Read More

Are Privacy and Space the New ‘Open Floorplan’?

The face of home design is changing. In 2022, one of the most sought after features for home buyers is office space. While most children have returned to school full time, many families are still dealing with at least one adult working from home, oftentimes two, with the possibility of permanent remote employment. Combine that… Read More

My Home Gilbert AZ – A Quiet Oasis in the Middle of it All

There’s almost nothing you can’t find here in Gilbert, Arizona, including peace and solitude. Driving through town on six lane roads past sporting facilities and entertainment venues, the lively outdoor mall and shopping region, or through the vibrant restaurant district in the center of town, it might appear to the untrained eye that Gilbert has… Read More

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My Home, Gilbert AZ – Affordable and Award Winning

Last week I read an article on AZ Big Media that put Gilbert, Arizona in the top 10 cities to buy an affordable home. As a Realtor and a long time Gilbert resident, this was news to me, until I read the criteria. I was also surprised to learn that our next door neighbor Chandler… Read More

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Yes, Flipping Homes is Still a Thing But Is it Worth it?

In spite of rapidly increasing home prices… or maybe even because of… house flipping remains an attractive enterprise. Investors are continually on the hunt for that valuable opportunity. But flipping a house, or multiple houses, is never all fun and games. There is hard work and considerable financial outlay involved. You don’t always know what’s… Read More

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Best Places for Halloween? Gilbert, AZ Makes the Top of the List Again!

WalletHub makes lists. It’s what they do. And though Halloween is a favorite holiday of millions of folks, do we really need a list of the top spots for Halloween in the country? Indeed we do! Halloween connoisseurs across the country have spoken and Gilbert, Arizona scored big the Best Cities for Halloween. WalletHub’s post… Read More

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Where to Get a Metro Vibe Without Living in the City

So what suburbs provide that coveted Metro vibe without actually living in the big city? Zillow and Yelp‘s ‘Cityness Index’ keeps a running list and their report placed Tempe, Arizona 10th. Not at all a bad showing, but being familiar with several of the other suburbs on this list I am confident that it should… Read More

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Luxury Home Sales Soar in Arizona, and The Jeters List Tampa Waterfront Estate

The Arizona luxury home market is booming. AZBigMedia recently reported that a 14.5M home in Paradise Valley, a region Northeast of Phoenix and just North of Scottsdale, set a record for the highest per-square-foot expenditure ever in the Phoenix Metro area at $1,566.55 per square foot. According to the post, “the 9,256-square-foot custom home sits… Read More