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When a landlord and tenant enter into a lease agreement in Arizona, the lease will typically cover many issues including duration, rent, maintenance, and insurance. With many commercial real estate leases lasting anywhere from three to five years, there is a strong...

Whether you like it or not, the government has the ability to take your land whenever it thinks that it needs it for public use. The catch is that the government is supposed to give you fair compensation for the land that is taken, which isn’t as easy of a...

Homeowners Associations are created to enforce the rules and regulations of a community and to maintain any common areas. By doing so, they protect the property values of individual homes. To achieve their purpose, HOA’s collect money from the homeowners to cover the...

Homeowner associations (HOAs) are common in the Phoenix area. A person living in an HOA knows that there are many rules and guidelines that their property must follow. If they fail to follow these rules the homeowner’s association can give them a violation. According...

Homeowners may land up in disputes with their condominium and planned community associations. In addition to other requirements for condominiums and cooperatives, Arizona law sets forth a process for these disputes. Alternative procedures In 2011, the state passed a...

Real estate transactions can be enormously complex, and the stakes can be high. A deal that quickly heads south can cost you an enormous amount of money, not to mention the time that you’ve poured into securing the deal. That’s why you want to do everything you can to...

Negotiating a real estate transaction is enormously complex. Yet, you have to be able to do so competently if you hope to get the outcome that you want. But with so many factors coming into play with a real estate transaction, where do you even start? We hope this...

Covenants, conditions and restrictions, or CC&Rs, are commonly put in place by homeowner associations. These CC&Rs state what homeowners can and can’t do on their property or in their home. Homeowners agree to these rules in exchange for living their...

Whether a Phoenix area business owner is starting a new business or moving to a new location, they will most likely have to sign a commercial lease agreement. Many business owners are under the mistaken impression that commercial lease agreements are the same as...

Zoning and land use regulations affect our daily lives.  Location, design and layout of residential neighborhoods, shopping centers, office buildings and industrial plants are all based on zoning codes and regulations adopted by Arizona municipalities and counties. ...