A Primer on the Rights of a Residential Tenant (Part II of a two-part series on the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. For Part I: “But You Must Pay the Rent! An Eviction Primer for the Residential Landlord,” please see our Fall 2016 … [Read more...]

Fiduciary Duty to Buyers The California Supreme Court ruled in November that a real estate agent, who worked for a brokerage with agents that represented both the seller and the buyer in a transaction, owed the buyer a fiduciary duty to learn and … [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...]

What happens if a nonprofit entity applies for tax-exempt status 27 months or more after its formation? We’re late! We’re late! For a very important date! For a variety of reasons a nonprofit entity may file as a nonprofit under Arizona law, but … [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...]