Remember the 2016 controversial Arizona Proposition 206? It mandated that the minimum wage in Arizona went to $10/hour on January 1, 2017 and will increase by 50¢ annually until it reaches $12/hour on January 1, 2020. The other key component of this … [Read more...]

Zillow, with its easy to use, online, proprietary formula for a property’s estimated market value -- a “Zestimate” – is being sued in Cook County, Illinois for misrepresenting property values and negatively affecting sales. Real estate agents around … [Read more...]

The new rules were/are to apply to employees - not business owners or independent contractors (see http://tucsonazrealestateattorneys.com/spring-newsletter-2016.pdf  for an analysis of employees versus independent contractors and … [Read more...]

In the first scenario, young first-time home buyers used all their financial resources to buy a house and, just months after purchasing their home, there was a major problem with the plumbing. Their plumber advised them that the faulty plumbing was … [Read more...]

In a recent wrongful death case arising from an automobile accident, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that, while Arizona statutes and regulations mandate real estate brokers closely supervise their agents in a real estate transaction, they do not … [Read more...]