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Full Disclosure: Half Truths Leave Sellers Subject to Full Liability
September 1, 2022
Written by Columnist: Samuel Doncaster One of the most common problems I see Realtors® facing is trying to evaluate a SPDS with hindsight. Your client contacts you about an undisclosed issue, and you point him to the SPDS. You or he read it and notice something related to the problem, and you wonder whether… Read more
Greater Phoenix Residential Market
September 1, 2022
Fletcher R. Wilcox Sales Associate Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty 602.648.1230 Fletcher.Wilcox@RussLyon.com Greater Phoenix Residential Market Purchase Price Goes Down Monthly Rent Goes Up Arizona Economy Update Arizona Economy Update According to the June 2022 Employment Report from the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity year-over-year highlights show Arizona nonfarm employment increased by 104,400 jobs… Read more
Instructor Highlight: Suzy Lieber
July 31, 2022
Suzy Lieber, REALTOR® DREI GSI EXP Realty “I grew up with 14,000-foot mountain peaks around me, the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado. I’ve been climbing mountains since childhood. I learned at an early age… life is filled with information and knowledge, and I set out on a path to become a better person, conscientious worker… Read more
Arizona’s Commercial Outlook
July 31, 2022
Sarah Kirsch Richardson Founder and CEO Tru Realty As the residential real estate market continues to boom, you might be surprised to learn that the commercial real estate market, while not booming, is still holding its own. And there’s positive outlook to be had when you look in the right places. It is true… Read more
An Instructor’s Diary Entry
July 31, 2022
Randy Helfman It has been a long week of teaching. While the subject matter is the same, the students change after each 18 chapters complete. Time to meet whole new groups of people, either on livestream or in person. Timid, quiet, and restrained during the first few classes, students blossom as the classes proceed…. Read more
Uncertainty – The Only Certainty
July 31, 2022
Nick Miner Nick Miner, CCIM Office: (480) 612-0384 Cell: (480) 226-8037 nick@nickminer.com www.nickminer.com When canvassing the commercial real estate market in Phoenix, there are so many positive indicators that it is hard to imagine a slowdown. Every time you read the news or look at the business journal, there is a new company calling… Read more
A Random Walk Down Main & Main with a Commercial Real Estate Old Timer
July 31, 2022
George Larsen Co-Founder of Larsen Baker The Journal interviewed George Larsen, CCIM. George is the Co-Founder of Larsen Baker, the largest commercial real estate owner/developer in Tucson. While the company is now run by a team of younger executives headed by President Melissa Lal, CCIM, George at 78 is still active in commercial real… Read more
Open Houses and Commercial Events
July 31, 2022
Shannon Quagliata Open Houses Direct Why Capturing Verified Information Is So Important at Both Over the past two years Open Houses have been on quite a roller coaster as to whether people wanted to attend them or not due to social distancing. With almost everything seeming to go back to normal, Open Houses are… Read more
Laying Down the Law: Buying Property “AS IS
July 31, 2022
Written by Columnist: Christopher J. Charles, Esq. Most real estate transactions today include an “as is” clause. Indeed, virtually all commercial transactions are “as-is,” and most residential real estate transactions, including those involving the standard form AAR Purchase Contract, carry a standard “as-is” clause. Real estate that is listed “as is” may not be… Read more
Full Disclosure: One New Development Can Radically Increase a Buyer’s Fraud Recovery
July 31, 2022
Written by Columnist: Samuel Doncaster Think about the last time a client contacted you with a concern about disclosure. How much better would it have gone if you could have told him that he can recover a large enough lump sum to get a bigger, better house with a lower monthly payment. In this… Read more