| Winter visitors or sometimes called "snow birds" | | | | to come and set up a home for 4-5 months a |
| seem to flock into the southern states to live | | | | year. It only makes sense, rather than renting for |
| during fall and winter months and stay well into | | | | a few months which most places need a |
| spring. Arizona is one state that certainly gets | | | | minimum of six months to lease a home or |
| their share of these visitors. These visitors are | | | | condo, they find owning actually establishes a |
| openly welcomed in the state for many reasons. | | | | great investment opportunity for them. Keeping |
| Winter visitors begin to arrive near the end of | | | | their homes back east or up north and buying |
| September and beginning of October as the | | | | sometimes a smaller home in Arizona is becoming |
| temperatures drop in the northern states. This | | | | more and more popular. |
| season will usually go all the way through April and | | | | This makes a great time to have your home on |
| into the beginning of May before the heat gets | | | | the market, ready to show the new or potential |
| intense in Arizona. These are very important | | | | winter visitors or snow birds heading to Arizona |
| months for Arizona's economy because with the | | | | each year. If you own a small business such as |
| visitors comes spending money in all different | | | | landscaping or house cleaning, getting the word |
| types of businesses. Restaurants, retailers and | | | | out to the communities where these visitors live |
| independent contractors like cleaning people all | | | | can help your business cash in on the money that |
| benefit from the Snow Birds coming to town and | | | | comes with Arizona's busier months. |
| spending dollars. | | | | You will see the difference in cities like Phoenix |
| These same people come to Arizona and buy real | | | | and Tucson, streets get busier, stores and malls |
| estate. They buy many different types of homes. | | | | have more people in them. Restaurants really pick |
| They love the gated 55+ communities, condos | | | | up during these months and places of worship |
| and homes that are simply easy to lock up for | | | | have more attendance. Arizona loves all of you |
| the winter and go back home. Also popular seem | | | | winter visitors or snow birds, keep coming to our |
| to be the golf course communities and lake | | | | beautiful state and enjoy our beautiful fall, winter |
| communities, golfing all winter long is very | | | | and spring! We are happy to have you stay year |
| attractive to many of the snow birds. | | | | round when you just can't resist staying in our |
| The real estate business will actually get quite a | | | | great state! You are one reason Arizona continues |
| boost in sales when these winter visitors decide | | | | to grow and flourish. |