Our thanks to the local and national media folks who have supported our properties through the years. . . . From CNN to Fox Network, and in Phoenix broadcasting, Diane Ryan, the long-time host of "Cool House" on Fox 10 and Syleste Rodriguez who currently does an excellent job on the program.  We've put together a compilation of some of amazing properties.  Click the photo.
And to see the entire real estate tours, on our TV page, follow this link!

Find Safe Sanctuary Here! Gated, Secure.   Why did we have Syleste Rodriguez, host of  "Cool House" taste the water at our new listing, at the Golden Star Ranch?   It's delicious and there's lots of it! This is where you would go to get away from it all, now with a substantial price reduction of $ 680,000.  We are offering the Golden Star Ranch for  $2.90 million.  While the few natural springs in the area are very dry, the artesian wells of the Golden Star pump out over 11,000 gallons of fresh water every day, in addition to the surface water rights.  Its a PREMIER water source nurturing a Garden of Eden of over 50 varieties of plants.  Gated, and hidden, seen by few, the Fox cameras featured the Golden Star recently. See the story and an overview of this historic 38 patented acre property North of Cave Creek Hollywood just shot a big budget pilot film here also, scroll down to see!
With dropping water tables in Cave Creek, and cutbacks ordered along the Colorado River, having a sustainable and dependable water source is Liquid Gold!  By the way, there's a gold mine on the property too!  See all the details of this property right here:

Skyranch and  Carefree on the move!  We recently closed escrow on on older Skyranch home on the runway for $1.2 million  Price per sq. foot of $ 511 was one of the highest prices in over two years. Carefree is now the 3rd-ranked city for average price-per-sq.-foot sales after Scottsdale and Paradise Valley.   Cave Creek also climbing in the rankings.  We are pleased to report that  Russ Lyon Sotheby's sells more luxury properties in the Phoenix area than ANY other real estate company. 
Below, Syleste Rodriguez of Fox 10 also showcased our other Skyranch sale last year!

    

Get away from it all!  Our new secret and hidden ranch is pretty enough to be in pictures!  And it is!  Producer/Director Adrian Carr (Crocodile Dundee and Quigley Down Under) just finished a sci fi movie "Solus" on the property.  Its a futuristic tale of a dystopian world. Check out the title shot below. Photo courtesy of J2 Productions. Solus is a big budget short film.  They have computer-generated a futuristic city where Cave Creek, Arizona use to be. If you know the area, you'll recognize Black Mountain on the left.  They picked the Golden Star for its mines, tunnels, cliffs and abundant foliage for the producer.  See more at:    Now listed for sale, 38 patented acres, reduced to $3.9 mil
See the Solus preview movie clip, from the spectacular opening scene, showing what Arizona might look like in 1,000 years! (Still shot below) 

          

Many thanks to Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty for their support to Nancy and I over the years.  I was thrilled to recently be placed into the top sales category, a "Lyon's Elite" for our sales volume.  Pictured from left to right CEO Todd Gillenwater, owner/partner Tom Locati, and on the right, Chairman Jim Lyons.  Interesting to note that when we sold the historic Boulder House, Todd Gillenwater was one of the listing agents, along with Margy Senna.  Tom was a superstar agent who specialized in Estancia, before becoming a partner. (he still holds the record for highest-priced sale in Carefree)Russ Lyon Sotheby's sold over $ 3.8 billion in real estate in 2019.

Fun time. Thanks to Diane Brennan, my former newscaster at KTAR Radio, for letting me fill in for her on her That Real Estate Show.com recently.  We're both in real estate now. It was like homecoming week for me, having been on the KTAR microphone for over 26 years and inducted into the Arizona Broadcasters Hall of Fame! Hear the first segment here, an interview with Tina Tamboer, top specialist with the prestigious Cromford Report: 
And the whole show on podcast here, click on the May 27th, 2018 show:   photos below at the new KTAR Studios off 16th Street.

See the Fox News show on "The Property Man with Bob Massi" What an honor it was to have worked with the late Bob Massi and the Fox Network Team.  Here's the entire story on the gold mine properties: While Gold Hill is no longer available, its an incredible adventure into the tunnels!  Some economists believe the price of gold will skyrocket because of the trillions of Fiat dollars (money with no backing) that have been paid out in economic stimulus because of Covid 19. Our Octave property should be considered.    
Most Amazing house, Fox tours the Boulder House, built in a pile of rocks!   

We find hideaways!  We're Preston and Nancy Westmoreland from Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty in Carefree, and we've been fortunate to call this amazing area home for 30 years!   Preston has put into the Lyon's Elite category, highest honor for the sales agents.  We'd love to help you find your special hideaway or use our expertise to help market your home for sale. Call us at 602-377-0060.  Quick bio: Preston was a sergeant in the Marines, and  a Marconi award-winning talk show host before joining Russ Lyon Sotheby's. His wife of 45 years, Nancy, was a long-time escrow officer and branch manager with First American Title prior to joining Preston at Russ Lyon.  Get 2 Realtors working for you, for the price of one!
The distinctive desert of North Scottsdale, Cave Creek and Carefree is the "Upper Sonoran" desert, described by National Geographic as "the most beautiful desert in the world," one of the most desirable living locations anywhere.  It's where the world-famous Boulders Resort is located, along with  some of the most unique residences in the world!   I was amazed the other day going through my archives of how fortunate I have been to have led so many tv tours through unique valley properties.  See what you think! 

This area has an abundance of landmark homes used in movies!  The house below left called BoulderReign,  the former home of Rusty Lyon, was featured  in the movie Zabriskie Point, where a model of the home was blown-up for the climactic end of the movie (middle) and also used for Bob Hope's "Cancel my Reservations"  (Below right) In a remote area of Cave Creek, a residence there was used in the movie "The Getaway" with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.  They planned the crime around the pool.  Click on the  two photos on the left, below, to find out more about BoulderReign.

    

Investor Alert:  Price of gold expected to skyrocket after the creation of so much Fiat money (unbacked money)  to combat the Coronavirus economic hit.  The Octave has produced over $310 million in precious metals on 30% of the property, a three-mile long vein.  One of Arizona's most famous and historic gold mines, the legendary Octave, near Wickenburg, with it's 25 miles of tunnels, 266 patented acres, including a home and numerous historical buildings, stretching from the valley floor to mountaintops with a perfect helipad site! This gem has produced over 200,000 ounces of gold, 75,000 ounces of silver.  Offered for $8,675,309. Here's more info: And links to media coverage, geologic analysis and the Mining Journal Magazine story that described the Octave as a "first-class mining property!"
The Octave was recently included in a Fox News tour on the "Property Man with Bob Massi" And on several episodes of the SyFy channel "Ghost Mines" series. See it on Fox:  

Get insider real estate information and news stories on the North Scottsdale, Carefree and Cave Creek areas on our blog, The Carefree Times.  This Spring:   
How Covid 19 has changed the real estate market, a movie is shot at Cave Creek's hidden Golden Star Ranch, you'll never believe what historical figure worked survey crews here, and went on to become one of our most famous figures in history, Carefree breaks ground on a new hotel, and on this special movie-maker edition, see a filmmaker's idea of what Cave Creek will look like in 1,000 years, from the sci fi pilot "Solus" filmed here!
  All in this edition!