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FireRock · Eagle Mountain · SunRidge Canyon · the Avenue of the Fountains · Rio Verde

Fountain Hills Property Management,
Treated Like Our Own.

Broker-led · 20+ years in real estate · Three generations · 37 Arizona markets

Residential and commercial property management, leasing and sales across Fountain Hills and the Northeast Valley, for owners here and out of state. One all-inclusive rate in writing before you sign, and a broker who personally oversees your property.

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23,625
Residents, Census estimate July 2025
560 ft
The fountain with all three pumps running
1989
Year the town incorporated
None
Markup on routine maintenance
Olivier “Ollie” Lessing Barré, designated broker, Barré Properties
Designated Broker · AZ BR721911000
Your Broker in Fountain Hills

Managed Like It’s Our Own.

I’m Olivier “Ollie” Lessing Barré, designated broker of Barré Properties, and I personally oversee every property we manage in Fountain Hills. I’ve spent more than twenty years in real estate. In 2007 I founded a property management company on the Westside of Los Angeles, serving owners in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Calabasas and the neighborhoods around them, and grew it into a large family-run business before moving my family to Arizona in 2020.

We manage throughout Maricopa County, and Fountain Hills is a market we know and specialize in: the golf communities at FireRock, Eagle Mountain and SunRidge Canyon, the hillside lots and their drainage, the Town’s vacation rental permit and its dark-sky lighting rules. When you call, you reach the broker who signed your agreement, not a call center or a rotating account manager.

Our relationships are built on handshakes, trust and accountability. We keep every owner’s information private, put every term in writing before anything is signed, and send monthly statements with every invoice attached.

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Why Fountain Hills

A Planned Town With a Fixed Edge.

Fountain Hills began as a planned community. McCulloch Properties laid it out in 1970 to a design by Charles Wood Jr., and the fountain that gives the town its name first ran on December 15, 1970. It still sprays for about fifteen minutes at the top of every hour, normally to around 300 feet and to 560 feet with all three pumps running. The town incorporated on December 5, 1989, and counted 23,820 residents at the 2020 Census and an estimated 23,625 by July 2025.

It cannot sprawl. McDowell Mountain Regional Park lies to the north, the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation to the east, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to the south and the McDowell Mountains and Scottsdale to the west. Inside that edge are the private FireRock Country Club, the Eagle Mountain, SunRidge Canyon and Desert Canyon courses, and a town center on the Avenue of the Fountains. In 2018 it became an International Dark Sky Community, and its lighting code reflects that.

For an owner, the Census Bureau puts about 84% of homes here as owner-occupied and the median gross rent at $1,890 for 2020 to 2024, so rental inventory is limited and a well-kept home rarely has to compete with many others. FireRock, Eagle Mountain, SunRidge Canyon and the condos near the Avenue each rent at their own number, many owners spend only part of the year here, and we price every property on its own comparables, furnished or not.

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What We Do

Four Ways We Work in Fountain Hills.

Management first — then leasing, sales, and the live MLS. One team, one point of contact, start to finish.

Property Management

Full-service management under one all-inclusive rate — placement, rent, maintenance, reporting.

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Leasing

Thorough marketing, rigorous screening, and quality residents placed without delay.

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Real Estate

Buying, selling, and investment guidance from the team that manages here daily.

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Property Search

Live MLS listings, saved searches, and new-listing alerts for this market.

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Also a Primary Focus

Commercial Property Management.

Retail and shopping centers, single-tenant net-leased pads, office, flex, small industrial, medical office and mixed-use in Fountain Hills — run as its own practice, because Arizona regulates nonresidential brokerage differently and commercial accounting has nothing in common with collecting a single rent check.

Lease abstraction and critical dates, CAM budgeting and annual reconciliation, transaction privilege tax, and the designated broker’s signature on every file — as A.R.S. § 32-2175 requires.

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What You Get

Everything, For One Fee.

One rate covers the whole job. The things other companies bill separately are simply included.

Tenant Placement

Marketing, showings, and full screening — credit, background, income, and rental history. Days on market are won on honest pricing, presentation and a fast, professional showing process.

Rent & Accounting

Collection, owner disbursements, monthly statements with full reconciliation, and year-end reporting your accountant will not complain about.

Maintenance, At Cost

Vetted Northeast Valley trades, coordinated and supervised. Vendors bill their real rate and the invoice passes straight through with no markup on routine work. Major renovations and capital projects are quoted separately, with the supervision scope agreed in writing first.

Inspections

Move-in, move-out, and periodic condition inspections with photos, included in the fee rather than billed per visit.

Compliance & Trust Accounting

Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act compliance, proper trust accounting, and ADRE oversight. Licensed brokerage, general liability and E&O insured.

The Difficult Parts

Late rent, lease violations, notices, and the occasional eviction. This is the part owners hire out, and it is the part we take off your plate entirely.

Where We Work

Fountain Hills and Northeast Valley.

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Updated October 16, 2026

Fountain Hills Right Now.

Published local figures, what is coming up around Fountain Hills, and the latest local reporting, updated as new data comes out.

$700K
Median sale price
+4.4% vs. a year ago
68 days
Time on market
Three-month median
$3,020
Three-bedroom rent
Median asking, per month
7.40%
30-year fixed rate
Freddie Mac, Oct 15, 2026

Sources: Three-bedroom rent: Zillow Rental Manager, Fountain Hills, Oct 2026; Sale price and time on market: Redfin, Fountain Hills, 3-month median ending Sep 2026 · 30-year fixed: Freddie Mac PMMS, Oct 15, 2026. Figures are published market-level data, not a valuation of any one home.

Coming Up

In the News

  • Oct 14, 2026 · fountainhillsaz.govFountain Hills launches public dashboard of permitted short-term rentals
  • Oct 8, 2026 · fhtimes.comTown Council adopts 5G and wireless telecommunications ordinances
  • Sep 29, 2026 · fountainhillsaz.govUniversal Waste Systems takes over residential trash and recycling February 1, 2027
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What Fountain Hills Owners Should Know

Know the Local Rules.

The details that catch owners out in Fountain Hills, and how we handle each one.

Short-term rentals need a Town permit

Town Code Article 8-6, in effect since February 1, 2023, requires an annual Town vacation rental permit (8-6-3), an emergency contact who can be on site or reached within 60 minutes when police or the Town call (8-6-4), written notice to adjacent neighbors and those directly and diagonally across the street before the first stay (8-6-6), at least $500,000 in liability coverage (8-6-9), a background check on every guest within 24 hours of booking (8-6-10) and the permit number on every listing. Special events and event-center use are prohibited. We set it up and keep it current for the owners we manage.

Tax and county registration first

The permit application asks for an Arizona transaction privilege tax license and proof of registration with the Maricopa County Assessor under A.R.S. § 33-1902. Since January 1, 2025, Arizona cities and towns can no longer tax residential leases of 30 days or more.

Dark-sky lighting

Fountain Hills was named an International Dark Sky Community in 2018, and Chapter 8 of the Town Zoning Ordinance controls outdoor lighting to limit glare and light trespass. Replacement fixtures on a rental should meet it; we check before an electrician installs anything.

Associations set their own rules

FireRock is guard-gated, and most Fountain Hills neighborhoods sit inside an HOA whose CC&Rs can restrict lease terms and short stays. Arizona law (A.R.S. § 33-1806.01) lets an association require tenant information from the owner. We read the documents before we list.

Hillside homes need watching

Sloped lots bring retaining walls, stairs and drainage that flat-land homes never have, and Phoenix-area July highs average about 106 degrees. A vacant home needs the air conditioning set, the pool kept and drainage cleared before monsoon storms. That work is done by licensed contractors and vendors, and we coordinate and supervise it for the owners we manage.

Close to everything that matters

Shea Boulevard runs west over the McDowells into Scottsdale and the Loop 101, and SR 87 runs past the east side of town toward Mesa. Saguaro Lake and the Verde River are close by, and Sky Harbor is reached by freeway from Scottsdale, which suits owners who split their time with California or out of state.

For Owners Who Live Elsewhere

Your Eyes and Ears in Fountain Hills.

Many Fountain Hills owners spend only part of the year here, or live in California or out of state. We act as your eyes and ears on the property without you having to be there, coordinated and supervised by us and performed by vetted, insured providers at their real cost.

Home Watch

Scheduled interior and exterior checks between tenants or while you are away: systems run, irrigation verified, and the home made ready before you arrive.

Vendor & Project Oversight

Renovation, landscape and repair work watched on your behalf, with access controlled and progress documented in photos.

Arrival & Departure

For second-home owners: heat or cooling set, systems checked, grounds at standard and deliveries received before you land.

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Barré City Sites Nearby

Next Door, Same Standard.

The same broker and the same terms in every market we serve. If you own in more than one, you deal with one office.

North Scottsdale

West over the McDowells: DC Ranch, Silverleaf, Grayhawk, Troon North and Desert Mountain.

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Paradise Valley

The one-acre town between Camelback Mountain and Mummy Mountain.

Visit the Paradise Valley site →

Desert Ridge

North Phoenix along the Loop 101, west of Scottsdale.

Visit the Desert Ridge site →

Anthem

The master-planned community off I-17 at the north edge of the Valley.

Visit the Anthem site →

Sedona

Red rock country, where vacation rentals and long-term leases run by very different rules.

Visit the Sedona site →

Barré Properties, Statewide

Thirty-seven Arizona markets under one brokerage, one phone number and one standard.

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Free Downloads

Read Before You Decide.

Four guides, no form to fill in. The first is about Fountain Hills specifically; the other three cover Arizona as a whole.

Fountain Hills Market & Lifestyle Guide

What it is like to own, rent and invest in Fountain Hills — with every figure carrying the area it actually describes.

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Arizona Property Owner’s Guide

What professional management should deliver, what it costs, and the Arizona rules that catch out-of-state owners.

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The Arizona Investor’s Guide

Short-term against long-term, the markets, and the arithmetic most pro-formas get wrong.

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California to Arizona Relocation Guide

Coordinating a California sale with an Arizona purchase as one move rather than two.

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Owner Questions

Straight Answers.

What does property management cost in Fountain Hills?
One all-inclusive rate, quoted per property once we have seen it. No setup fee, no inspection fee and no marketing charge — those are simply part of the service.
Is Fountain Hills a good rental market?
For long-term and seasonal rentals, yes. Demand comes from people who want the views and a quieter town within reach of Scottsdale, and from winter residents leasing a furnished home. The town is bordered by McDowell Mountain Regional Park and two tribal communities, and about 84% of homes are owner-occupied, so rental inventory stays limited and a well-managed home stays occupied. We will tell you honestly what your specific property should rent for.
Who rents in Fountain Hills?
Households who commute over Shea Boulevard to Scottsdale, people who work for the town, the schools and nearby Fort McDowell, and seasonal residents leasing a furnished home for the winter. Every applicant is screened to the same written standard, and when a home is well looked after, residents tend to renew.
Do you handle seasonal and furnished leases?
Yes. Many Fountain Hills homes are second residences, and a furnished winter lease of 30 days or more is often the right answer. We manage the home year-round, including the months it stands empty, and we will model seasonal against annual so you can see which one your property should be.
What about the HOA rules?
Most Fountain Hills communities sit inside an association, and the gated golf communities restrict lease terms and short-term use. We keep the lease and the tenancy compliant so violations never reach you, and we handle the correspondence when they do.
Do you also sell homes in Fountain Hills?
Yes. We handle the sale when an owner decides to exit and the purchase when an investor wants to add to a portfolio. Management and brokerage under one roof means nobody has to be brought up to speed.
Can I run a short-term rental in Fountain Hills?
Only with a Town vacation rental permit, and only where your association allows it. Town Code Article 8-6 requires the annual permit, an emergency contact reachable within 60 minutes when police call, written notice to the surrounding neighbors before the first stay, at least $500,000 in liability coverage and a background check on every guest. Some associations here prohibit short stays outright, so we read the CC&Rs first and model a furnished seasonal lease alongside.
I live in California or out of state. Can you manage my Fountain Hills home remotely?
That is most of what we do. You get one broker as your point of contact, an online owner portal, monthly statements with every invoice attached, and photo inspections, so you can see the property without flying in.
In Writing, Before You Sign

What It Costs.

Long-term managementAll-inclusive · quoted per property
Short-term / vacation rentalQuoted by service level
PortfoliosPortfolio rates
Setup feeNone
Inspection feeNone
Marketing feeNone
Routine maintenance markupNone — vendor invoices pass through at cost

On a typical rental here the management fee is small and the maintenance markup is where competitors quietly make their money. We do not take one on routine work.

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