Arizona Homeowner

Arizona Homeowner January | February 2014

Meet The 3M Group…

Formed by the 3 Martinez sisters, these 3 ladies have become one of the top loan originating and closing teams in the Metro Phoenix Area. Their brains and beauty are only surpassed by their passion and commitment to service their clients and that is good news to us! And they are bilingual to boot! The 3M Group’s team is comprised of professionals with more than 30 years of combined experience. The 3M Group’s commitment to superior client service allows them to serve client’s with unmatched effectiveness and speed. The 3M Group is committed to completing transactions with the utmost diligence and usually within 21 to 30 days. Ericka Martinez Hirons is your Licensed Mortgage Professional, Jazel Martinez is the Transaction Coordinator and Jessica Martinez Emes is the 3M Group’s Licensed Marketing & Business Development Director.

New Year, New Changes to FHA Financing

Doggy Do’s

Puppy-Proof Your Home

Conventional Option!

Conventional 5% Down Financing

Arizona FHA Loan amount Limits affective on all case numbers assigned on and after January 1st 2014.

COUNTY NAME LIMITS 2013 LIMITS 2014

COUNTY NAME LIMITS 2013 LIMITS 2014

APACHE 281,250 271,050 COCONINO 450,000 362,250 GILA 325,000 271,050 MARICOPA 346,250 271,050 MOHAVE 322,500 271,050

NAVAJO PIMA PINAL YAVAPAI

308,750 271,050 316,250 271,050 346,250 271,050 390,000 271,050

get organized

• Up to $417,000 Loan Amount • Up to 95% Primary residence with 620+ FICO Scores, Purchase and R/T Refi only (SFR, PUD and Condo) • Up to 90% Second Home Purchase and R/T with 620+FICO scores • Up to 85% Cash Out refinance Primary Residence only with 620+ FICO’s • Primary Residence 5% Down Payment can be from gift funds

Make 2014 Your Year of Living Decluttered!

www.homeownersfg.com

Jessica Martinez Emes

Licensed Marketing/Business Development

NMLS#294688

NMLS#422472

480.305.8630

480.305.8634

Jazel Martinez

Transaction Cordinator Homeowners Financial Group USA, LLC | BK#0906222 | NMLS#93718. This is not a pre-approval or commitment to engage in a loan transaction. All loan products may not be available in your area and are subject to credit and property approval pursuant to agency and investor guidelines. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice.

Produced by Desert Lifestyle Publishing • 480.460.0996 • www.DesertLifestyle.net

Cover Photography | Calvis Wyant

Ericka Martinez Hirons

Licensed Mortgage Professional

pastry perfection

Coup Des Tartes’ Scrumptious Spinach and Chévre Tart

Homeowners Financial Group with 3MGroup Classic Service, Modern Lending

Event Calendar January | February 2014

Your Home

is appointed with a doggy bath. New organic washes are available to keep your pooch healthy and smelling great. And doggy dental care will also need to be addressed with appropriate bones and tooth brushing kits.

As you can see, new dog owners soon find a preponderance of puppy paraphernalia filling up their home. Curb the clutter by stowing items in bins and baskets—leashes and outdoor toys in a bin by the door, brushes and chew bones in a basket by the doggy bed. We love to pamper our pets today and keeping your home neat and organized will help keep you happy as well!

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La Bayadère Symphony Hall | February 13-16 602.381.1096 | BalletAZ.org Bayadère follows the heartbreaking tale of a temple dancer and a young warrior kept apart in life and united only in death. With rich lavish set designs which conjure up exotic locales like The Arabian Nights, this ballet will transport you with dream-like sequences to a world of noble warriors, cruel princesses and beautiful temple dancers. La Bayadère features mesmerizing classical performances highlighted by the famous Shades scene, staged for the entire corps.

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training, consider an indoor turf yard training system for when Fido can’t hold it when you are not home. Much better than coming home to a mess on the floor! For keeping upholstery clean, keep your pooch off your sofas and beds with a luxurious dog bed, or cover your furniture with easy-to-launder and attractive throws.

At chow time, beautiful options abound for dog bowls and food storage, making a once unsightly kitchen job fun and aesthetically pleasing.

Mats under raised pet bowls help keep the kitchen neat and tidy. And don’t forget a decorative doggy jar for Fido’s treats!

Grooming your dog may be something you source out or choose to do at home if your home

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Waste Management Phoenix Open TPC Scottsdale | January 27-February 2 602.870.4162 | WMPhoenixOpen.com Thanks to the most fan-friendly tournament venue on the PGA Tour, the Stadium Course at the TPC Scottsdale, the Open attracts the largest galleries of any golf tournament in the world. When 179,022 fans packed the TPC Scottsdale during the third round of the 2013 WM Phoenix Open it resulted in a new single-day attendance record on tour.

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Dream Home Tour in Paradise Valley PV Design Center| January 25 480.326.5448 | DreamHomeTourAZ.com Be transported from the PV Design center to tour the top luxury dream homes in Paradise Valley. Each tour bus will have a representative from Paradise Valley Interiors, educating attendees on the variety of design concepts found within these outstanding homes! Attendees will have an opportunity to experience culinary delights in each home, representing some of the most popular restaurants found within the area. All proceeds go to benefit JDRF and The Phoenix Symphony.

wander away. Trust us, your neighbors will thank you. Not fenced in? Spacious dog tents and play yards are another safe option.

For more outdoor fun, try non-toxic rubber flying discs for fetchers and hands-free leashes for owners who like to run. For those with a pool, pampered pooches can have their own pool lounge cushions. Doggy daiquiri, anyone?

Of course, the interior of your home will also need dog proofing. Decorative gates that coordinate with your home’s furnishings are available, so gating off the kitchen or a laundry room is easy and pleasing to the eye. Stair gates are also good for keeping a not-yet-housebroken puppy on one floor. Speaking of house

Photo Credit: Kimberly Haugen-Little Knoll Photography

Barrett-Jackson WestWorld | January 12-19 480.421.6694 | Barrett-Jackson.com Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Barrett-Jackson, the world’s leading collector car auction and automotive lifestyle event, specializes in providing products and services to astute classic and collector car owners and automotive enthusiasts around the world. The company produces The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auction where hundreds of world’s most sought-after, unique and valuable automobiles cross the block in front of a global audience.

The New Year is the perfect time to establish some new organizational rules in your home. Ah-hem, we mean rules you’ll actually stick to! Whether you’re overcome with bills and catalogs in the mail, backpack papers and schoolwork, or work files and memos that somehow find their way home, a new system of recycling, sorting, and filing can save your sanity in your kitchen or home office.

First, apply the most important rule with mail and papers: Read and recycle the papers you do not need to keep. Is there a date or info on that piece of paper that you can input on your phone or tablet? Add it to your calendar and toss it. Catalogs can be skimmed and recycled. (Why not get on the no-mail list for stores you don’t shop at and give your home an eco-boost?) Bills should be stacked together in a specific spot each month so they are never misplaced (better yet, pay them immediately). Other must-saves should be sorted and put in folders or accordion files. You and your spouse getting each other’s papers mixed up? Assign matching his and hers baskets that catch all the paper and clutter each day, then go through the baskets every Sunday before the new week starts.

If you have children, you know all too well the trials of tracking all the school papers and artwork that comes home. To combat this, assign each child a different color folder and put his or her specific info in that file. The best artwork can be hung for a bit, then put in a large accordion file to be saved. (You can’t possibly save every drawing or coloring page … don’t even try.) A coordinating colored plastic snap box is another great tool for keeping each child’s current school work, homework, test preps, and books organized in the great room, which let’s face it, isn’t so great when littered with so much stuff.

Once these basics are in place, try tackling a few organizational projects you’ve been putting off. Maybe it’s memorabilia you’ve been stashing in a big box for months.

Sort through the items and organize them in a large plastic tray bin: Vacation mementos in one tray, theater and sports tickets and memorabilia in another, cards and notes from friends and family in another. Once sorted, decide how you want to save and/or display.

If it’s a scrapbook, head to the crafts store and get the tools you need to get the job done. If it’s a memory box, find coordinating boxes to store your treasures in a way they can be looked at and enjoyed.

Or perhaps your child has so many Tae Kwan Do awards or swim team ribbons that you’re starting to wonder what to do with it all. Rather than stashing them in a drawer, find a display case or pin board and proudly display them in his or her room. Awards and trophies can be presented on a special shelf just waiting to be filled with achievements. Not only will this look great, but next time a ribbon comes home it will already have a special spot all its own. Now doesn’t that feel good?

Considering getting a dog? Great idea for you and your family! Just remember that with a pooch come adjustments to your daily routine—think lots of walks and plenty of curbside cleanups. You’ll also need to make a few changes to your home to keep it looking its best. After all, does anyone like coming home to an accident on the floor or dog fur on the furniture? Luckily, to every problem there is a solution.

Puppies and dogs alike need plenty of exercise.

One of the first things many new dog owners do is install an invisible fence to ensure their pooch’s safety. This allows you to let your dog out in your yard without worrying it will run in the road or

Local Flavor!

Celebration of Fine Art Corner of Hayden Road & Loop 101 | January 11-March 23 480.443.7695 | CelebrateArt.com The Celebration of Fine Art is where art lovers and artists connect. This juried, invitational show and art sale, now in its 24th year, features more than 40,000 square feet of working studios and works of art by 100 renowned and emerging artists from across the country. During the 10-week event, visitors from around the globe will gather to admire and acquire an unsurpassed selection of artwork in all mediums and styles from some of the continents’ most talented artists.

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Spinach and Chèvre Tart Ingredients: 9” or 10” tart pan with removable bottom, filled with dough of your choice 5 c spinach, washed 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 shallot, minced 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp white wine 4 eggs 1 1/4 c cream 6 oz goat cheese Pinch of nutmeg Salt & pepper to taste

Coup Des Tartes 602.212.1082 | NiceTartes.com

Heat oven to 375°F. Roughly chop half of the spinach. Heat olive oil in saucepan over medium heat. Once warm, add garlic and shallots and heat

until fragrant but do not allow the garlic to brown. Add chopped spinach and pinch of nutmeg and allow spinach to wilt just for a minute or two, then add the rest of the spinach and white wine and try to scrape up any brown bits that might be on the bottom of the pan.

Remove from heat and place spinach in colander or clean kitchen towel.

While spinach cools, prepare the custard. Soften four ounces of goat cheese. Beat eggs and add them to cream, beat in softened goat cheese taking care that it is not too hot to curdle the eggs. Season with salt and pepper.

Assemble tart. Wring out spinach and distribute evenly over tart bottom.

Pour custard over spinach and crumble remaining goat cheese over the top.

Bake for 40 minutes or until crust is browned and center of the tart is firm.

Event Calendar January | February 2014

Your Home

is appointed with a doggy bath. New organic washes are available to keep your pooch healthy and smelling great. And doggy dental care will also need to be addressed with appropriate bones and tooth brushing kits.

As you can see, new dog owners soon find a preponderance of puppy paraphernalia filling up their home. Curb the clutter by stowing items in bins and baskets—leashes and outdoor toys in a bin by the door, brushes and chew bones in a basket by the doggy bed. We love to pamper our pets today and keeping your home neat and organized will help keep you happy as well!

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La Bayadère Symphony Hall | February 13-16 602.381.1096 | BalletAZ.org Bayadère follows the heartbreaking tale of a temple dancer and a young warrior kept apart in life and united only in death. With rich lavish set designs which conjure up exotic locales like The Arabian Nights, this ballet will transport you with dream-like sequences to a world of noble warriors, cruel princesses and beautiful temple dancers. La Bayadère features mesmerizing classical performances highlighted by the famous Shades scene, staged for the entire corps.

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training, consider an indoor turf yard training system for when Fido can’t hold it when you are not home. Much better than coming home to a mess on the floor! For keeping upholstery clean, keep your pooch off your sofas and beds with a luxurious dog bed, or cover your furniture with easy-to-launder and attractive throws.

At chow time, beautiful options abound for dog bowls and food storage, making a once unsightly kitchen job fun and aesthetically pleasing.

Mats under raised pet bowls help keep the kitchen neat and tidy. And don’t forget a decorative doggy jar for Fido’s treats!

Grooming your dog may be something you source out or choose to do at home if your home

UP D O

F

Waste Management Phoenix Open TPC Scottsdale | January 27-February 2 602.870.4162 | WMPhoenixOpen.com Thanks to the most fan-friendly tournament venue on the PGA Tour, the Stadium Course at the TPC Scottsdale, the Open attracts the largest galleries of any golf tournament in the world. When 179,022 fans packed the TPC Scottsdale during the third round of the 2013 WM Phoenix Open it resulted in a new single-day attendance record on tour.

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Dream Home Tour in Paradise Valley PV Design Center| January 25 480.326.5448 | DreamHomeTourAZ.com Be transported from the PV Design center to tour the top luxury dream homes in Paradise Valley. Each tour bus will have a representative from Paradise Valley Interiors, educating attendees on the variety of design concepts found within these outstanding homes! Attendees will have an opportunity to experience culinary delights in each home, representing some of the most popular restaurants found within the area. All proceeds go to benefit JDRF and The Phoenix Symphony.

wander away. Trust us, your neighbors will thank you. Not fenced in? Spacious dog tents and play yards are another safe option.

For more outdoor fun, try non-toxic rubber flying discs for fetchers and hands-free leashes for owners who like to run. For those with a pool, pampered pooches can have their own pool lounge cushions. Doggy daiquiri, anyone?

Of course, the interior of your home will also need dog proofing. Decorative gates that coordinate with your home’s furnishings are available, so gating off the kitchen or a laundry room is easy and pleasing to the eye. Stair gates are also good for keeping a not-yet-housebroken puppy on one floor. Speaking of house

Photo Credit: Kimberly Haugen-Little Knoll Photography

Barrett-Jackson WestWorld | January 12-19 480.421.6694 | Barrett-Jackson.com Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Barrett-Jackson, the world’s leading collector car auction and automotive lifestyle event, specializes in providing products and services to astute classic and collector car owners and automotive enthusiasts around the world. The company produces The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auction where hundreds of world’s most sought-after, unique and valuable automobiles cross the block in front of a global audience.

The New Year is the perfect time to establish some new organizational rules in your home. Ah-hem, we mean rules you’ll actually stick to! Whether you’re overcome with bills and catalogs in the mail, backpack papers and schoolwork, or work files and memos that somehow find their way home, a new system of recycling, sorting, and filing can save your sanity in your kitchen or home office.

First, apply the most important rule with mail and papers: Read and recycle the papers you do not need to keep. Is there a date or info on that piece of paper that you can input on your phone or tablet? Add it to your calendar and toss it. Catalogs can be skimmed and recycled. (Why not get on the no-mail list for stores you don’t shop at and give your home an eco-boost?) Bills should be stacked together in a specific spot each month so they are never misplaced (better yet, pay them immediately). Other must-saves should be sorted and put in folders or accordion files. You and your spouse getting each other’s papers mixed up? Assign matching his and hers baskets that catch all the paper and clutter each day, then go through the baskets every Sunday before the new week starts.

If you have children, you know all too well the trials of tracking all the school papers and artwork that comes home. To combat this, assign each child a different color folder and put his or her specific info in that file. The best artwork can be hung for a bit, then put in a large accordion file to be saved. (You can’t possibly save every drawing or coloring page … don’t even try.) A coordinating colored plastic snap box is another great tool for keeping each child’s current school work, homework, test preps, and books organized in the great room, which let’s face it, isn’t so great when littered with so much stuff.

Once these basics are in place, try tackling a few organizational projects you’ve been putting off. Maybe it’s memorabilia you’ve been stashing in a big box for months.

Sort through the items and organize them in a large plastic tray bin: Vacation mementos in one tray, theater and sports tickets and memorabilia in another, cards and notes from friends and family in another. Once sorted, decide how you want to save and/or display.

If it’s a scrapbook, head to the crafts store and get the tools you need to get the job done. If it’s a memory box, find coordinating boxes to store your treasures in a way they can be looked at and enjoyed.

Or perhaps your child has so many Tae Kwan Do awards or swim team ribbons that you’re starting to wonder what to do with it all. Rather than stashing them in a drawer, find a display case or pin board and proudly display them in his or her room. Awards and trophies can be presented on a special shelf just waiting to be filled with achievements. Not only will this look great, but next time a ribbon comes home it will already have a special spot all its own. Now doesn’t that feel good?

Considering getting a dog? Great idea for you and your family! Just remember that with a pooch come adjustments to your daily routine—think lots of walks and plenty of curbside cleanups. You’ll also need to make a few changes to your home to keep it looking its best. After all, does anyone like coming home to an accident on the floor or dog fur on the furniture? Luckily, to every problem there is a solution.

Puppies and dogs alike need plenty of exercise.

One of the first things many new dog owners do is install an invisible fence to ensure their pooch’s safety. This allows you to let your dog out in your yard without worrying it will run in the road or

Local Flavor!

Celebration of Fine Art Corner of Hayden Road & Loop 101 | January 11-March 23 480.443.7695 | CelebrateArt.com The Celebration of Fine Art is where art lovers and artists connect. This juried, invitational show and art sale, now in its 24th year, features more than 40,000 square feet of working studios and works of art by 100 renowned and emerging artists from across the country. During the 10-week event, visitors from around the globe will gather to admire and acquire an unsurpassed selection of artwork in all mediums and styles from some of the continents’ most talented artists.

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Spinach and Chèvre Tart Ingredients: 9” or 10” tart pan with removable bottom, filled with dough of your choice 5 c spinach, washed 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 shallot, minced 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp white wine 4 eggs 1 1/4 c cream 6 oz goat cheese Pinch of nutmeg Salt & pepper to taste

Coup Des Tartes 602.212.1082 | NiceTartes.com

Heat oven to 375°F. Roughly chop half of the spinach. Heat olive oil in saucepan over medium heat. Once warm, add garlic and shallots and heat

until fragrant but do not allow the garlic to brown. Add chopped spinach and pinch of nutmeg and allow spinach to wilt just for a minute or two, then add the rest of the spinach and white wine and try to scrape up any brown bits that might be on the bottom of the pan.

Remove from heat and place spinach in colander or clean kitchen towel.

While spinach cools, prepare the custard. Soften four ounces of goat cheese. Beat eggs and add them to cream, beat in softened goat cheese taking care that it is not too hot to curdle the eggs. Season with salt and pepper.

Assemble tart. Wring out spinach and distribute evenly over tart bottom.

Pour custard over spinach and crumble remaining goat cheese over the top.

Bake for 40 minutes or until crust is browned and center of the tart is firm.

Arizona Homeowner January | February 2014

Meet The 3M Group…

Formed by the 3 Martinez sisters, these 3 ladies have become one of the top loan originating and closing teams in the Metro Phoenix Area. Their brains and beauty are only surpassed by their passion and commitment to service their clients and that is good news to us! And they are bilingual to boot! The 3M Group’s team is comprised of professionals with more than 30 years of combined experience. The 3M Group’s commitment to superior client service allows them to serve client’s with unmatched effectiveness and speed. The 3M Group is committed to completing transactions with the utmost diligence and usually within 21 to 30 days. Ericka Martinez Hirons is your Licensed Mortgage Professional, Jazel Martinez is the Transaction Coordinator and Jessica Martinez Emes is the 3M Group’s Licensed Marketing & Business Development Director.

New Year, New Changes to FHA Financing

Doggy Do’s

Puppy-Proof Your Home

Conventional Option!

Conventional 5% Down Financing

Arizona FHA Loan amount Limits affective on all case numbers assigned on and after January 1st 2014.

COUNTY NAME LIMITS 2013 LIMITS 2014

COUNTY NAME LIMITS 2013 LIMITS 2014

APACHE 281,250 271,050 COCONINO 450,000 362,250 GILA 325,000 271,050 MARICOPA 346,250 271,050 MOHAVE 322,500 271,050

NAVAJO PIMA PINAL YAVAPAI

308,750 271,050 316,250 271,050 346,250 271,050 390,000 271,050

get organized

• Up to $417,000 Loan Amount • Up to 95% Primary residence with 620+ FICO Scores, Purchase and R/T Refi only (SFR, PUD and Condo) • Up to 90% Second Home Purchase and R/T with 620+FICO scores • Up to 85% Cash Out refinance Primary Residence only with 620+ FICO’s • Primary Residence 5% Down Payment can be from gift funds

Make 2014 Your Year of Living Decluttered!

www.homeownersfg.com

Jessica Martinez Emes

Licensed Marketing/Business Development

NMLS#294688

NMLS#422472

480.305.8630

480.305.8634

Jazel Martinez

Transaction Cordinator Homeowners Financial Group USA, LLC | BK#0906222 | NMLS#93718. This is not a pre-approval or commitment to engage in a loan transaction. All loan products may not be available in your area and are subject to credit and property approval pursuant to agency and investor guidelines. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice.

Produced by Desert Lifestyle Publishing • 480.460.0996 • www.DesertLifestyle.net

Cover Photography | Calvis Wyant

Ericka Martinez Hirons

Licensed Mortgage Professional

pastry perfection

Coup Des Tartes’ Scrumptious Spinach and Chévre Tart

Homeowners Financial Group with 3MGroup Classic Service, Modern Lending