I see much of the same at the IL/AL community I work for. Too much idle time seems to go hand-in-hand with nitpicking. And the rumor mill puts the internet to shame! Fun and factual video!

I’ve heard businesses are buying up houses in The Villages and renting them out as Air BnB. I wouldn’t want that next door.

My nephew and his family have lived in Scottsdale for many many many years and they really like it. It is a place where you have to have money to live. It's not cheap there. I like to visit Arizona, but only in the winter time. I could not move there because it's way too hot for me.

Is that a Seiko watch. I have the same watch which is about 45 yrs old😂😂😂😂😂

I love ur hair!!!!

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Give me your address in Wickenburg az. I am looking for a home 55+ under 190,000. Thank you

If I retire to Green Valley is it better to get a home with $350 HOA fee that covers roof, exterior, landscaping and roads or is it better to get the $50 HOA that just covers road and common area? Your opinions appreciated!

Groovy video. They seem to be over building, to the point where it stopped being a quaint little town/village. New homes so far away from town squares that golf cars are almost not useable. Unless they have improve it, The Village only has a very small law enforcement station to service the whole Village. And since The Village is open to outsiders, that's not good for safety.

Super helpful. Thank You.

Hi, you made me laugh regarding the Rec centers (The Manniquins) and the golf cart drivers going to the Rec center LOL, and then the swimming pools Deco compared to yours. The Villages have alligators at the ponds. What danger lurks in the Arizona 55+ communities? The Villages now have Law Enforcement in Golf Carts seeking out drunk drivers. Also, how much are your HOA's fee's? Thanks for this video.

That was so depressing, a bunch of old people with their health issues in one place, probably see more ambulances everyday than golf carts. Who would live there there? Over price old aged home!

Thank you for your imput, I find your videos extremely informative and well done!

Its beautiful. If you can afford it

what coffee shop is that at 12:45? Is that at kierland commons?

Watch out for the Karens. Little Hitlers. Board people are on a power trip.

I tried to get an appointment at Mayo but they told me they weren’t taking appointments. I think they just didn’t want to take my Medicare insurance. So I think you have to be rich to be treated at Mayo. I live in Scottsdale but I bought my house years ago when it was affordable. Sun City makes a lot more sense.

Scottsdale is nice, but better have the $$$$$ to buy anything there. You can get all the same lifestyle in Sun City, with access to all the same amenities you mention, and really only a 30 min drive.

Careful of the ppl coming from the south 👀

Scottsdale is nice with good restaurants. But housing is too expensive there. I prefer our other suburbs for living. Most 55+ communities have similar activities available.

Any manufactured homes gonna be put in this community?

I think the most insidious part of living in an HOA is that "stench of regret" because you can never totally relax in your own home. Jesus, you can't even plant a flower without the fear of retribution from the regulators. 🙄

I have a place in Texas and busy bodies are all over . I do enjoy the summers when they are all gone. No drunks and just plain rude. This place is call Retama village in mission , Texas .

Like glasses❤️👌

Last year I visited a good friend that lives in an HOA. We were talking in his driveway when his phone rang. It was some busybody neighbor wanting to know who he was talking to. Personally, I would have cut loose with a barrage of verbiage the likes she's never heard before. Of course my friend is a better man than I, so he was diplomatic. 🙄

Change the glasses …. they are too 70s 😊

👁👁 the eye ware: More in keeping with Groucho Marx .. Have a professional choose the proper fit and shape …it’s your face we’re talking about …

Glasses are a big nope.

Excellent video. After five years our 55+ home is for sale. Craving diversity and worldview more humanistic instead of evangelical/ right wing/ white/ anti gay. Don’t get me wrong this is the nicest newest home I have ever lived in; perfect natural setting too on a creek full of life. Ready for a change, getting back to my roots in the northeast. Had some 35 years or so of the sunbelt.

You didn't mention dissatisfaction with the community HOA board of directors or the incompetent management company overseeing the community. Sometimes HOA fee go up to higher levels.

You definitely don't want to be harrased by an HOA when you are aging!!! That's the last thing you would want!!! 5:22

The best thing about 55+ is that no young people playing loud music at 2am

Can find a more flattering pair of glasses

Good video. To be honest, those glasses are too big and heavy and hide your beautiful eyes, which you should show off 👀👁

I don’t care for the glasses on you

‘Terrible lockdown states’ Huh???

Find another eyeglass frame that better flatters you. Your current glasses are terrible.

This was a fun video to watch. As I have expanded my social network since relocating to Goodyear, I have unexpectedly found myself spending quite a bit of time in Sun City. In fact, I have sat in the exact booth where you were filming in Georgia’s Café and bowled at the bowling alley. (I was unaware of the coconut cream pie and will definitely be having some next time I’m there.) One of my friends works at a Sun City rec center and is president of his small HOA there. Sun City has a unique charm, including its retro vibe which reminds me a bit of Palm Springs. It definitely has a nice sense of community despite being so large.

Agree with your kids! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Currently, we have an electric golf cart. It's a nice golf cart, however, the plan is to move to a GAS golf cart! Electric golf carts have to be teathered to a charger, the batteries go bad, and then it's a real mess. I have lots of distilled water, because I'm on a ventilator, however, It'd be much easier, if we had a gas golf cart. PLUS, I like the sound of a gas golf cart! GAS IS BETTER, unless you're trying to be quiet! We're next to a campground, and there's numerous gas golf carts over there, so the noise isn't an issue!

Too much like HOA

I’d have to see the glasses while you were playing the piano.

I luv Sun City... awesome video.

we sold our parents house or selling it. It's in Sun City. It's no way that cheap it's $450,000. Both of my parents passed away in March and we have to sell their house. We had to update the carpet and we had to paint so it's on the market they live on Ventana Drive West in Sun City and we have their other house here in Oregon for sale. It's been on the market for two months and nothings moving so selling homes is taking a lot longer. I don't think anybody can get anything for 300,000 down there in Sun City, but maybe.

Hi Shawn, can you feature more homes under $300K in your videos? Not everyone can afford or wants to spend $400K and up on a retirement home. Thank you in advance.

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Hi Shawn, Isn't Social Security counted as income if someone wants a smaller mortgage amount, say $100K, then pays the balance in cash? I know Social Security earnings are not a "job", but I have never heard of someone getting laid off from Social Security. Thank you for your videos.

depends on the community. I live in a 55+ apartment complex and one of my wisest decisions ever. Fantastic community. lol and you only hear gossip if you participate in it. We are totally spoiled here by management