DC Ranch, Silverleaf, Troon North, Grayhawk and the areas around them rent to different people at different prices. Which community you own in decides the return — here is how we read them.
A master-planned community at the base of the McDowells with Market Street at its center, gated villages, and a community association that takes its leasing rules seriously. Residents here want a finished, walkable neighborhood with Market Street close by. Rents sit near the top of the North Scottsdale range, and well-presented homes do not tend to sit.
The estate end of DC Ranch — a gated neighborhood within DC Ranch, with custom homes on homesites of an acre and more in the canyons above the Silverleaf Club. A Silverleaf lease is a discreet, high-touch transaction: fewer showings, longer qualification, and a tenant who expects the home to be managed like the asset it is.
Golf-course living against Pinnacle Peak and the granite boulders, with the two Troon North courses and a strong seasonal owner base. Many homes here are second residences for part of the year, which is precisely where a manager who checks on an empty house earns the fee.
Two golf courses, established landscaping and a broad mix of patio homes, townhomes and single-family houses along the Loop 101 corridor. The Airpark and Kierland are a short drive, so leasing here tends to run across the year rather than with the season.
A master-planned community on the west side of the McDowell Mountains, with Preserve trailheads and the City’s McDowell Mountain Ranch Aquatic and Fitness Center. Residents tend to stay several years, which produces low turnover and predictable renewals — unglamorous and very good business.
Desert Mountain, Estancia, Whisper Rock and the Carefree edge of the city: private-club communities where a lease is often a seasonal arrangement and the home is unoccupied for months. We manage the property when nobody is in it, which is most of the value up here.
