After considerable conversations, my wife and I decided that we wanted to begin a process toward shifting our residence from a beautiful, but high maintenance, home in Montana to a well supported over 55 community in the SW. Our long term friends have lived in Saddlebrooke, AZ for more than 10 years, and after talking with them about our ideas we began a home search in Saddlebrooke. I made a trip down and looked at some homes, put in an offer, and eventually cancelled the offer due to a loss of confidence in the integrity of the sellers and some significant unresolved issues with the house. Then both of us flew down and spent 4 days with our friends. We continued to look on line, had another issue with a different seller, and were becoming somewhat frustrated. Then our friends told us about another home on the market and we started to study that property, again on line. Turns out it was the same floor plan as our friends home, with some upgrades that really appealed to us. We did some research on the listing agent, Joan Tennison, and decided to speak with her about working with us, as well as the seller. Joan has turned out to an absolute joy to work with: quite direct, extremely helpful, very competent, and simply makes things happen. Any question or issue, she either had an answer of found someone who did. We have always been biased toward doing something – lead, follow, or get out of the way. We feel that Joan and us resonated when going through all of the process involved in buying a home. We now own that home, and Joan is still there, offering advice, solving problems, and explaining the many idiosyncrasies involved in the HOA, Pinal County, and the community. She has made the transition much easier, and for that we are thankful.