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Why work with Amy
More than 20 years in the Southeast Valley, and 100% five-star across 35+ Google reviews.
I am a REALTOR® with HomeSmart and I have been licensed in Arizona since 2017. HomeSmart placed me in its Diamond Club in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and in its top 5% in 2025.

Meet Amy
More than 20 years living in the Southeast Valley, not just selling in it
I grew up in the Midwest, in Illinois, and came out to Arizona more than twenty-five years ago. I moved to Ahwatukee in 2008, the year my oldest started kindergarten. I had already lived all over the Valley, so I chose this one on purpose: the schools, the mountain access, and a community feel you cannot manufacture. Eighteen years later I still live here and volunteer here. My kids went through Kyrene and Tempe Union schools and are grown now.
Most of the people I work with are making a life-stage move. Right-sizing out of the family home, downsizing into something that fits the next chapter, or relocating to the Southeast Valley and needing someone who knows each community street by street. I am in the middle of my own downsize right now, so I know that move from the inside. I am here to guide, not to pressure.
- 80+
- transaction sides
- $52.2M
- career sales volume
- 18
- years living in Ahwatukee
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Our experience with Amy has been nothing short of outstanding. From the very beginning, we felt that she went above and beyond the call of duty. She was always more interested in making sure we were happy above all else. She was in constant contact with us to make sure her efforts were centered around our interests. Amy's knowledge of the market -- and how it related to our situation -- was invaluable. Other properties in our area that were also up for sale had been sitting on the market for days -- some even months -- yet she was able to suggest a sale price that yielded an offer (above asking) within 48 hours of listing. She utilized the latest technology to provide high quality images and videos (including aerial drone shots!) that presented our property in the best possible light. Her knowledge allowed us to pare back our furnishings and stage our home to maximize buyers' perception of our home; we have no doubt that these efforts led to the quick sale of our home. Once our home sold, we had a limited amount of time to find a new place. She worked with our limited schedule to view homes in our desired area, and her guidance helped us secure a new place in a few short weeks. After viewing a property, she would listen to our feedback before presenting new ones. With that said, she also suggested properties slightly outside our wish list to help us see what other options were out there, and to help us realize what features were most important to us. The result was finding the place of our dreams -- our "forever home," and for that we will be eternally grateful. In short, one could not find a better realtor. We 100% feel that she was not just our realtor, but a friend that was always in our corner, with our best interests at heart. We will never stop recommending Amy to anyone we know that is looking to buy or sell. She is hands down the best agent we've ever worked with.
When selecting a realtor, Amy's in-depth knowledge of and involvement in Ahwatukee and surrounding cities well as her real estate savvy propelled her to the top of a crowded field. As out-of-state buyers, we were completely reliant on Amy to find the perfect luxury home in the micro-community that best suited our priorities. Amy's intuition of our priorities was highly impressive and helped us to better define our 'must haves'. She is personable, engaging, professional and incredibly hard-working. We will be using Amy as our selling agent because her marketing plan provides the most expansive social media outreach and she will efficiently close the deal. Simply put, Amy Richardson is the best realtor in the Ahwatukee/Chandler/Gilbert area"
Amy is excellence personified. We are so grateful for Amy's guidance and dedication throughout our home-buying journey. We have worked with a number of wonderful realtors over the years, but Amy's commitment to excellence and professionalism really sets her apart. During our initial search, we were impressed by Amy's knowledge of the Phoenix market and how she used it to curate an insightful list of properties. She was patient with us as we viewed listing after listing but also used that time to better understand our needs and who we are as people. Her attention to detail, responsiveness, and helpfulness really gave us confidence that we would eventually find our perfect home with her. This made it such a smooth and stress-free experience. As luck would have it we found our perfect house just as we were about to travel out of country. To her credit, when we explained our situation she did not hesitate to assure us that she would do all she could to get us in that house. She was an exceptional communicator, not only with us, but in acting as our representative and advocate. She was able to navigate the complexity between expressing our concerns while maintaining a positive line of communication to the buyer's agent. We felt so fortunate to have Amy on our side and have no doubt we are sitting in our new home thanks to her. If you're looking for a realtor in Phoenix who is professional, knowledgeable, and truly cares about her clients, Amy is the right choice. We couldn't be more grateful for Amy. She was recommended to us by trusted friends and we can now happily recommend her too! TL;DR Amy is great at what she does and the pride she takes in her work shows. We credit her exceptional communication and negotiation skills to helping us buy our new home. If honesty, heart, and hustle are important to you in a realtor, Amy is the right choice. She's the best!
You want outstanding service, well then Amy is just the person you need. We have used her multiple times and each experience has proven to be over the top with her service. She facilitated a home sale for us and brought the buyer to us and made the process smooth without even having to list in the MLS or without inconvenient showings! She also helped us purchase our current home and provide us with many ideas and insights for making it a custom home over the cookie cutter home it was. She has leads on every trade and provided us with pricing for possible upgrades/remodel (which we did). In the end, this saved us money as we purchased the home as is, made the upgrades with Amy's help and didn't have to pay the extra money for a fully remodeled/renovated home! We love the outcome of our home and love the fact that WE got to choose our upgrades and changes within the home which truly made it ours. I can't imagine selling this home but should we change our minds, we will most certainly use Amy as our realtor.
Amy did an OUTSTANDING job listing our home in Ahwatukee. She staged our home beautifully with part our furniture and part her accessories, her advice was invaluable. She fielded multiple offers in a slow market while negotiating expertly. We are grateful we followed her pricing advice. All said and done we got the price we hoped for and we are on to life's next adventure!
I have worked with hundreds of realtors as a Consumer Direct Sr Mortgage Advisor for JP Morgan for the last 10 years. Amy met and exceeded every expectation I had. She helped us sell our home in Phoenix and we were so pleased we asked her to help us purchase a week long closing cash deal for our new one. She takes her profession seriously. She is prompt, attentive and great communicator. We highly recommend her and want to that you again Amy! We love our new home and couldn't have done it without you!
We've hired Amy Richardson as our agent for 3 separate transactions because although we've had many agents over the years, we've simply never had a better agent than Amy. Amy consistently handles all aspects of a deal masterfully - from the most mundane to the most complex and technical negotiations where knowledge, experience, professional contacts, and keeping one's cool are of paramount importance. She seems to always instinctively know how to move the deal forward. Amy's all of the above and more, so dedicated to her craft, and truly sets a high bar in the industry. She has a multifaceted approach which includes multimedia promotions as well as the use of multiple social media channels to promote and extend the reach of her listings. She's authentic, communicative, always the consummate professional yet still personable, and she truly deserves her current and continued success. We just can't say enough about our experiences with her. Thank you Amy!
Amy is a great realtor. She helped me sell my house in 2020 with over 10 offers in one day and helped me buy my house in 2021. She always was there to keep the process easy for me and to answer all my questions along the way. Highly recommend you use her for your next house endeavor.
Most of your price is decided before the sign goes up
In a balanced market a home does not sell because it went on the market. It sells because somebody prepared it, priced it honestly, and put it in front of the people most likely to buy it.
Almost every agent will talk to you about pricing and marketing. Far fewer will walk your home with you first, tell you what a buyer will notice and an inspector will flag, and then tell you which of those things are not worth your money. That walkthrough is where most of the result is decided, and it is the step that usually gets skipped.
I have lived in Ahwatukee since 2008 and sold here since 2017. More than 80 homes and over $52 million, most of it within a few miles of my own front door.
Questions about your move? I'm glad to help.
I manage the move, not just the sale
Selling a home is rarely only about the house. There is usually a lifetime of belongings to sort, repairs to make, trades to line up, and sometimes an estate or a sale from out of state to coordinate. I take that on, so you are not handling it alone.
- Cleanouts, donations and estate sales arranged for you
- Repairs, staging and prep, done by trades I trust
- Trust, estate and out-of-state sales coordinated from start to finish, alongside your attorney or trustee
See how this works when you are selling through a life change or downsizing.

What happens when you list with me
Six steps, in this order, every time.
- A prep walkthrough where I name what needs doing and bring my own vetted trades to do it.
- A complimentary staging consultation, plus professional photography and an educational video with full drone footage. At every price point, not just the expensive ones.
- Pricing from what comparable homes in your neighborhood actually did, refreshed monthly while you are on the market.
- Marketing you can count: your own single-property page, the video pushed through the channels I publish on, a first-weekend open house, and paid reach where the property warrants it.
- Offers laid out by what they net you, not just the headline number.
- Weekly updates through escrow, whether or not anything dramatic happened.
The whole process is written out here, so you can read exactly what you would be signing up for before you ever call me.
The moves I get called for
Most of my clients are not doing a simple transaction. They are in the middle of something.
- Right-sizing and downsizing out of the house they raised a family in.
- Relocating to the Southeast Valley and needing a local who knows each community street by street.
- Trading up, where the hard part is sequencing two transactions rather than finding the house.
- Luxury listings and luxury buyers, including the gated and custom communities.
- Second homes for people arriving from somewhere much colder.
Buying here is a question of which Ahwatukee
Ahwatukee is not one market. Lakewood is built around a lake with a greenbelt running through it. The Foothills climb toward South Mountain and hold everything from gated custom estates to early-2020s contemporary. Mountain Park Ranch has nine separate sub-associations under one master HOA, which changes both your dues and your rules depending on which parcel you land in. And Upper Canyon is bringing new construction to Ahwatukee at a scale it has not seen in decades.
Those differences are invisible from a listing portal and they are most of what decides whether you like where you end up. Start with the areas.
Where I work
Ahwatukee is home and where my knowledge runs deepest: Ahwatukee Custom Estates, Mountain Park Ranch, Lakewood, Ahwatukee Foothills, Foothills Club West, Foothills Reserve and Upper Canyon.
I also work across the Southeast Valley in Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa and Sun Lakes.
You do not have to be ready
Most people I work with first got in touch three to twelve months before they moved, and several were only trying to work out whether moving made sense at all. That is a perfectly good reason to call.
Important decisions require savvy solutions. You just need a clear place to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
What areas do you cover?
I cover Ahwatukee and all its communities first, because that is where I live and where my knowledge is deepest. Beyond that I work across the Southeast Valley, in Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa and Sun Lakes.
Do you charge for the staging consultation?
No. The consultation is complimentary on every listing I take. If full staging is then recommended, you arrange and pay for that part, and I say so upfront rather than letting it surface later.
What makes your marketing different?
Specifics rather than adjectives. Every listing gets an educational video with full drone footage, professional photography, its own single-property page, a first-weekend open house, and distribution through the channels I actively publish on. Paid advertising on Meta and Google where the property warrants it. And it happens at every price point, not only the expensive listings.
Are you a REALTOR®?
Yes, and I belong to the National Association of REALTORS® through WeSERV, the West and SouthEast REALTORS® of the Valley, which is the regional association for this part of the state. I have been licensed in Arizona since 2017, license SA673095000, and I hang my license with HomeSmart.
How do I find out what my home is worth?
Ask me and I will put together a comparative market analysis with no obligation. It is built from homes comparable to yours in your specific neighborhood, which is something an automated estimate cannot do because it has never seen inside your house.
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