Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Unlock Phoenix Real Estate: CDFIs & Infill Incentives Explained! #shorts

24 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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CDFIs are community development lenders operating in Arizona. Phoenix's infill incentive zones include South Phoenix, Maryvale, Sunnyslope, and areas near light rail, where lower land costs and rezoning potential create investor opportunities.

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I would like to identify the CDFIs. A lot of people might not know what that is, so I wanna break that down, but keep going down and I'll show it at the bottom here. I said, do they have this in Arizona? I wanna know. And so they absolutely do. Phoenix has infill incentive areas. So they have places like South Phoenix, Maryvale, Sunnyslope, Eastlake, Garfield, Oakland Historic, and near the light rail corridors. And so we could get these things for lower than land basis, rezoning upside, appreciation, and then infrastructure investment.