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When buying or selling properties in Arizona, one could get virtually nowhere without the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The MLS is a database of homes for sale and an offer amongst brokers to compensate one another if they represent a buyer that purchases their listed property. It is the single best marketing tool available for sellers. For buyers, it is the single best means of finding homes. By hiring a real estate agent with MLS access or browsing MLS listings on a website, buyers can locate a multitude of purchase options without having to drive around all day looking for “For Sale” signs. Both buyers and sellers can use MLS sales data to identify similar sold properties (“comps”), an extremely useful step in deciding how to price a property or what to offer.
While the MLS is an extremely useful tool, how it is set up is a mystery to most homeowners. While MLS systems are typically set up as a separate corporation, each MLS is affiliated with local associations of Realtors. In some cases, multiple associations will combine to form or own their own an MLS. For instance, in Northwestern Arizona, three separate Mohave county-based Realtor associations, Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City, and Kingman, have combined their systems to form one system called WARDEX (Western Arizona Regional Data Exchange). In the Phoenix area, five separate associations share the same system called ARMLS (Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service).
Multiple Listing Services vary greatly in size. The Phoenix system, ARMLS, is the fifth largest in the nation with approximately 40,000 members. Tucson also has a very large MLS. Payson, a popular mountain town for second home buyers, on the other hand, has its own system with less than 1000 members. La Paz County MLS which primarily serves Parker, Arizona, has an MLS with only a handful of member-brokers. One MLS in the Eastern part of state is nothing more than a small website with a short list of properties.
It is extremely important to be placed in the correct MLS. A property in Prescott, Arizona, would need to be listed in the Prescott MLS to be visible to local Prescott Realtors working with their clients. Even if a particular Prescott Realtor also worked the Valley of the Sun and held an ARMLS membership, they would not log in to ARMLS to locate properties in Prescott. They utilize the Prescott MLS when looking for or listing Prescott properties; they would make use of ARMLS for Maricopa and Pinal county (Phoenix area) properties. Some buyers and sellers mistakenly believe that ARMLS is a statewide MLS, allowing a Phoenix-area Realtor to list properties statewide and allowing them full access to MLS data on all properties in the state. This is not the case. Each area has its own system, its own membership requirements and fees, its own policies, etc. In Southern Arizona, for instance, some Realtors have joined 3 different MLS’s: Tucson Area, Green Valley, and Southeast Arizona in order to tap into a larger number of communities.
Being placed in the correct MLS system is critical to sellers of residential real estate. Taking a minute to understand the different systems in Arizona is beneficial for all homeowners.

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I was offered a job at the hospital in Lake Havasu City, AZ. I’ve never been there before, so I don’t really know much about the area….except that it gets HOT (and I’m ok with that!) I’m flying out there in a couple weeks to check out the area as well as the hospital.
I’ve been trying to do some research on the internet to see what the areas like, but haven’t been finding too much.
I’m a single girl in my early 20′s, would be looking for an apartment hoping to spend under $800/month. Would I be able to find a nice place for that much?
I’ve heard good and bad about the city….just hoping someone can give me a little more information on the city itself! What is there to do there….Do most people live in LHC or are there smaller towns around the area as well….I know there are quite a few retirees, but are there at least a decent amount of people my age as well? (Come on, I’m a single girl!!!)
Anything you can tell me I would really appreciate the help!
Thanks so much! You’ve been a HUGE help! Know of any websites that have apartment listings? For some reason I’m having trouble finding apartments through google?! …and the few that I have came across do not have pictures and do not give much informtation. Thanks again!

This is a wonderful place to live. My girlfriend (35) just relocated here with her 3 kids. She has a 3 bedroom duplex in a nice area for $650 a month. You can find a lot of houses for the $650-$850 range. You can play in or on the water; you can play in the desert with ATVs. Working in the medical field should certainly be stable employment. Don’t buy the idea that it is only a retirement town. I generally leave in the summer, but used to spend year-round here. 115 is NOT that bad…You get used to it by the 2nd year. Try not to arrive with a black car and a black interior! If you can’t find things to do here, that would be your fault. Lots to do for EVERY age. Town is really kid friendly, altho folks your age coming to party here on the weekends (like there are no rules or laws here) do tend to write crap about LHC as they feel they are entitled to violate laws here. Those are the folks who write bad. I have lived here since 2002. Costs to BUY a house are incredibly low. What was $275k in 2006 is now $120k. Email me if you like.

To add a little more: Parker is about 30 miles to the south, and Kingman is about 60 miles to the north. There really wouldn’t be any attraction to those towns if you had a job in Havasu that lets you afford $800 a month rent. They are cheaper…but you’d lose it in time and gas. Flying, as you likely found out, is either to/from Phoenix or Las Vegas. About 150 mile trip. I prefer Vegas due to fares and ease of getting in and out of the airport. Phoenix traffic sux. Taxes in AZ are pretty low, too…both income and property taxes. Needles, CA (45 miles away) has no redeeming feature….dirty and expensive. Use 86403 as a zip code and you can see the grocery prices here. Milk varies thru the year and is high right now at $2.00 a gallon. Low last fall was $1.50-$1.67. Gas is currently $2.599…and you can get up to 15 cents off by buying from $30 to $90 worth of groceries.

I have to find out if it will be snowing.

Pretty much no way to have any certainty until at least a week better hand. You can go to:

http://www.accuweather.com

and purchase their premier service for $8 for one month. They will then give you forecasts far in advance (instead of the normal 10-days), but I’ve found these things continualy change as the date approachs. They have a reasonable base right now, so even if it isn’t snowing on that day, there should still be snow around at Snowbowl and up the mountain.

don’t listen to them. Laughlin is a nice place and it has the Colorado river going right through it. It’s not as wacky as Vegas and there has to be jobs at the hotels or casinos…. if you like heat and desert, you will like Laughlin.

Help with Grand Canyon wedding – (South Rim) – July 2010?
My fiance proposed to me last year while we were on holiday in Arizona so we decided to get married on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. We are from Canada and are only having a few guests come with us – including his 3 children. We have a few plans sorted out….we are staying at the El Tovar, we already have the permit from the National Parks Service, the date will be July 29th (a Thursday), I bought my dress at Kleinfeld in Manhattan, he already has his suit, etc.

What we are looking for is details, perhaps from someone who may have been married there, that would help us with our arrangements. Also, if anyone has any vendor information that would be great! Like a hair salon (I’m guessing it will be in Williams, AZ), how to get to Grandeur Point and the what kind of weather can we expect.

Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated! 6 months to go and I can’t wait!

I can’t give you specifics about having weddings at the Grand Canyon, but as a frequent Grand Canyon visitor who grew up near there, I can answer some of your more general questions.

As far as vendors and hair salons go, while Williams is the closest town to the South Rim, it is pretty small. The town of Flagstaff is only a little further away from the canyon, but has about five times the population and thus a much greater number and wider range of services and facilities. Flagstaff is also a college town (NAU) and so has an especially large number of food and hair salon places on the university side of town (I personally prefer Alley Cat’s downtown, but there are plenty of others). So you may want to include Flagstaff when searching for vendors and services.

Grandeur Point is a relatively undeveloped overlook on the rim to the west of Yavapai Point. You can not drive directly to Grandeur Point. The closest access is to park at Yavapai Point and walk along the rim trail (about a half mile). Note that Yavapai Point is one of the most popular overlooks and so parking can be tough during the day (especially during the summer). Another option is to park at the old Visitor Center (near Yavapai Lodge) and take the Rim trail from there to Grandeur Point, but that would be a much futher walk.

As far as weather goes, while much of Arizona can be blistering hot in the summer, the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff and Williams are up at 7,000 feet elevation on the Colorado Plateau and thus have very mild summers. Summer time highs in late July rarely get above the mid to upper 80s. But be aware that July and August are monsoon season in northern Arizona which means a high chance of heavy clouds and possibly brief rainstorms in the late afternoon. To be safe, any outdoor events this time of year should be planned for the morning or very early afternoon at the latest.

It sounds like you have already made reservations with El Tovar, if not, do so quickly as summer is the prime tourist season at the canyon and rooms (especially El Tovar) fill up quick. If guests will be staying at the canyon, you should either reserve some rooms for them or give them advance notice as soon as possible so they can make their own reservations.

i am looking for a chinese pug puppy as christmas gift for my dad. it has to be in either mohave valley/fort mohave/bullheadcity/kingman/or lake havasu AZ or needles CA
my price range is about $250

FOR THAT AMOUNT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY FORM A DIRTY BYB

UR BEST BET IS TO ADOPT ONE FORM A SHELTER

i have to do a report on what happened when it was made and bypassed.

The history section of the Wikipedia article has an excellent description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66#Decline

I want to send my friend some yummy bread pudding via mail but I still want it to taste good. Is this possible or where could I easily find some for sale? Do you have a recipe with raisins and cinnamon that would last 2-5 days? Im in Colorado Springs Co and shes in Kingman Az.

make the pudding with raisin bread and eggs/milk the add some brown sugar and nutmeg. recipes are not exact for this sort of dessert and they will seldom come out bad. to ship it lower temp to about 35*F, and over night express it in a fragile this end up box. if you have a vacuum sealer at home use that after it is cooled .