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...]

On May 12, 2016, our Arizona Governor signed a new law by which employers can create a rebuttable presumption that a worker is an independent contractor rather than an employee. In light of the federal campaign to classify workers as employees for … [Read more...]

When assisting senior citizens in real estate transactions, the most important thing to keep in mind is that we each age individually. There are plenty of octogenarians or even nonagenrians (people in their nineties) who are fully capable of handling … [Read more...]