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Old 07-23-2007, 03:47 PM
 
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Does anyone have any thoughts on a good place to buy a few acres of land in Arizona? I am looking for about 5 acres, but am not quite sure where to look. I have checked into a few places like Willcox (east of Tucson) and Navajo county (east of Flagstaff). But I wasnt really sold on either of them. I am looking for an investment or possible a place to retire in about 10 years. Any input would be appreciated.
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Old 07-23-2007, 05:03 PM
 
Location: Southern Arizona
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Does anyone have any thoughts on a good place to buy a few acres of land in Arizona? I am looking for about 5 acres, but am not quite sure where to look. I have checked into a few places like Willcox (east of Tucson) and Navajo county (east of Flagstaff). But I wasnt really sold on either of them. I am looking for an investment or possible a place to retire in about 10 years. Any input would be appreciated.
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Great question, Lewmel

Arizona is a large state and the variations in weather as well as general physical features are equally as large.

Considering your long term plan, are you looking for dry desert heat or do you prefer the mountains with higher elevations and plenty of trees?

The weather varies mainly due to the elevation. Willcox is about 4k ft while Tucson is just under 3k. Phoenix is only about 500 ft while the areas north of I-40 in and around Flagstaff and The Grand Canyon check in around 8k ft.

Personally, for investment purposes, I probably would look into the Safford and north area.

Good Luck
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Old 07-23-2007, 06:38 PM
 
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Thanks for the input. I am very open to different weather conditions. I am a Chicago native,and now live in Vegas. I will check out Safford. Thanks!
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Old 07-23-2007, 10:46 PM
 
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow!
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If you happen to be about, check into the Benson area. They are a bit cooler as they are higher in elevation down there. I'm in Tucson and after the huge summer storms my favorite place to visit is Benson! The beautiful green reminds me of my old home in Michigan...The rain knocks the dust off everything and it all looks "new" again! Benson has some great hiking area's, good gold panning, plenty of camping and a real "laid back" attitude. It's a relaxing place to visit as I go there often! Good luck finding a nice plot of land, I think you'll enjoy Arizona, it has SO much to offer!
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Old 07-24-2007, 04:24 AM
 
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How much do you want to spend? I bought an acre and a half in the White Mountians for around $40,000.00 in an area of good water that also has "company water", electric and phone all nearby. And I'm about 500 feet outside the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest.

The prices have shot up dramatically in the last 2 years. Prescott is too expensive for me anymore, plus their growing too fast and they have plenty off bark beetles there. I would check east from Camp Verde, along 260 and 60, all the way to New Mexico. I especially like the Alpine, Nutrioso areas of the White Mountains.

Try Payson, Pine, Christopher Creek, Show Low, Alpine, Nutrioso, Greer (expensive), and the surrounding areas.
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Old 07-24-2007, 06:56 AM
 
Location: SE Arizona - FINALLY! :D
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If you happen to be about, check into the Benson area. They are a bit cooler as they are higher in elevation down there. I'm in Tucson and after the huge summer storms my favorite place to visit is Benson! The beautiful green reminds me of my old home in Michigan...The rain knocks the dust off everything and it all looks "new" again! Benson has some great hiking area's, good gold panning, plenty of camping and a real "laid back" attitude. It's a relaxing place to visit as I go there often! Good luck finding a nice plot of land, I think you'll enjoy Arizona, it has SO much to offer!
Ozark Nana -

We bought land in J-6 just west of Benson and I've been watching the weather down there carefully - using the new intereactive weather radar feature of Weather.com (starting by looking at Benson then scrolling west to J-6) combined with an online Wunderground.com weather station for J-6. This gives me "real time" weather readings (including precip) at a location some 1,500 feet from the land. Several times a day I check weather radar and if I see rain in the general area I zoom right down to the street level to see what it is doing right on our own lot. The daily pattern is often very similar - with rain first forming over the Whetstones and the Rincons then fanning out in a SW-NE line between the two (covering Benson,Whetstone and J-6). Since July 7th the local weather station has gotten just over 4 inches of rain (which is just over their average for the month of July). I read somewhere that some areas of the SW are still waiting for the monsoon season to really deliver this year, but it's apparently arrived in full force in Benson.

We leave Friday morning for a road trip down to the area and especially after your comments, I'm very interested to see how much things are "greening up". We were down there in January and things were very dry, but even then it was obvious that the SW corner of the state could get fairly green. The grasslands down near Sunizona looked like they would be BEAUTIFUL this time of year.

Ken
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