Real Estate

In the recent decision Ibarra v. Gastelum, the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division 1, found that the Arizona Residential Landlord Tenant Act (“ARLTA”) does not…

It is not uncommon for a commercial lease agreement to last years, or even decades. Nor is it uncommon for them to last for a…

The term of a lease is considered a sort of contract under Arizona law. Under normal circumstances, the breach of a contract due to lack…

Sometimes a home or other form of real property is foreclosed on, and its resale does not make enough money from the perspective of the…

Finding yourself facing the specter of foreclosure is one of the more stressful events that can occur in a homeowner’s life, even being linked to…

Claims over interests in real estate in Arizona are recorded with the recorder’s office of whichever county the property sits within. So long as an…

A 2016 law created a regime in Arizona that barred cities from regulating short-term rental properties. This bill was passed based on the convincing idea…

Everyone has that one neighbor – the neighbor who doesn’t cut their lawn, who leaves their trash or recycling bin on the street way after…

The landlord-tenant relationship generally has the potential to be a fraught one. It’s not surprising when you think about it: the arrangement is an intermingling…

Ever since Sun City was founded back in the 1950s, Arizona has been a haven of sorts for Homeowners Associations. These organizations, which make and…

There’s a popular saying coined by Robert Frost in his poem “Mending Wall”: “Good fences make good neighbors.” The idea is, generally, that this eases…