Moving?

Links below lead to external websites which are not affiliated with The Phoenix Agents. Some sites below even list real estate agents other than us (gasp!). Those agents aren’t necessarily better than us, they just paid to be listed on these websites.

Check Out the Neighborhood

• Zip Skinny
• Zip Code Stats
• WalkScore.com
• Arizona Neighborhoods.com (note, this site displays Realtors other than ThePhoenixAgents. They’re not better, they just paid for advertising on the site)
• Phoenix Restaurant Guide

Check out local schools

• Arizona school websites, listed by district
• Find Arizona Charter Schools - through the AZ Dept of Ed website
• GreatSchools.Net - find and compare schools nationwide

Crime Check

• Family Watchdog (national sex offender registry)
• Arizona’s Sex Offender Registry
• Phoenix Police Department
• Phoenix Fire Department

City, County & State Websites

These websites are useful for looking up police & fire, local park information, finding government jobs, finding historic neighborhoods, and just about anything else touched by local government.

• City of Phoenix
• City of Scottsdale
• Town of Carefree
• Town of Cave Creek
• Town of Paradise Valley
• City of Glendale
• Town of Paradise Valley
• City of Peoria
• City of Surprise
• City of Goodyear
• City of El Mirage
• Town of Buckeye
• Maricopa County
• Maricopa County Parks & Recreation Department
• State of Arizona

Pool Barrier Law Information

• Arizona Division of Public Health Services on pool barrier laws
• The Arizona Association of Realtors on pool barrier laws, including info on fines for those found in non-compliance
• The Arizona Association of Realtors on pool fence specifications

Local News Sources

• Arizona Republic, the metro region’s biggest daily print newspaper
• The East Valley’s daily newspaper: East Valley Tribune
  
• ASU’s Realty Studies department - great source for local stats & charts
• Downtown Voices Coalition - news & advocacy for a better downtown Phoenix
• Sonoran News (Cave Creek & Carefree, not a daily paper)
• The Phoenix Business Journal

Starting Your New Life In Arizona

Get your driver’s license, register your car, contact local utility providers, find a job…

• AZ Department of Motor Vehicles
• Phone, Internet and TV - You can get these from Cox or from Qwest
• Water, sewer, trash, etc - contact the city you’ll be moving to first, or check this utility-list-pdf
• Electric - Contact either SRP or APS
• Southwest Gas
• Try Meetup.com to find groups
• Check out local businesses at the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, the Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce or the Glendale Chamber of Commerce
  
• The Arizona Republic, the Valley’s local daily newspaper, is a great place to start a job search

See Pictures of the Area

Our favorite photos of the area are collected on Chris’ photoblog. But you can also see professional photos of the area, below.

LocalPhotoTours.MetroShot.com (“The largest and highest quality local photo tours of only the stuff you need to see!”) has really great pics of spots around various towns.

Note: these links lead to exterior, independent websites and ThePhoenixAgents.com take no responsibility for their content or accuracy.

• Phoenix
• Scottsdale
• Peoria
• Surprise
• Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Tempe
• The gorgeous area called Fountain Hills
• Queen Creek, as well as Chandler, Apache Junction and Tempe/Mesa/Gilbert