I was looking at places in the greater PHX area also for about 3 years. I was in Mesa (close to AJ), and in AJ itself. At first I was looking at manf houses in parks. I knew I'd want to keep a car down there but the parks don't seem to have garages and in the hot summer thought that would be an issue. Then my son suggested Sun City. There are 3 areas- SC, SCWest, and SCGrand. I'm in SC now. I bought a 1B, 1Bth (1,000 SQFT), w/1 car garage condo in a nice area. I did the math with the land rental for AJ trailors, the rec fee in SC, taxes for both and I feel I came out ahead with the condo. I liked the AJ area but I think it's better in SC. I will be heading down Sept 14 for my 2nd year in the condo and looking forward to the better winter down there again!! Like someone said before, the prices are going up so be careful to not drag your feet too much. When we closed on our condo last July the prices had gone up some at that time but are going up faster now. Best of luck to all of you looking!! Oh, if you look in SC there are 3 areas that were built over the years: 1st group built in 60s (I was warned that area places have a lot of problems), 2nd group built in 70s (mine was in '71) and group 3 which was late 70s/some early 80s. Get a good realtor also! There are also some nice homes in our area. My new neighbor owned a 3B home that became too much for her when her husband passed so is now in the 2B, 2Bth place next door to me.