The Real Deal: Your Legal Update for Real Estate
Volume 3, Number 1, May 2010
Who do Commercial Tenants Pay When Their Rental Property Forecloses?
By Adam B. Decker, Esq.
adecker@jacksonwhitelaw.com
When commercial landlords lose their rental property to foreclosure, it can be easy for their tenants to get confused as to whom lease payments are made. Commercial tenants want

One way a community can violate the fair housing laws is by refusing to provide variances for the disabled.

One way a community can violate the fair housing laws is by refusing to provide variances for the disabled.

As seen in The Arizona Republic
by: Jared E. Everton
Your Home and the Law is authored by the attorneys at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law and addresses legal issues that arise for renters, homeowners and neighborhoods. Have a question related to your home or community? Send your questions to firm@jacksonwhitelaw.com.
Q: My 24-year-old son currently lives rent-free with

As seen in The Arizona Republic
by: Jared E. Everton
Your Home and the Law is authored by the attorneys at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law and addresses legal issues that arise for renters, homeowners and neighborhoods. Have a question related to your home or community? Send your questions to firm@jacksonwhitelaw.com.
Q: My 24-year-old son currently lives rent-free with

As seen in The Arizona Republic
by: Jeremy Geigle
Your Home and the Law is authored by the attorneys at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law and addresses legal issues that arise for renters, homeowners and neighborhoods. Have a question related to your home or community? Send your questions to firm@jacksonwhitelaw.com.
Q: If an intruder were to enter my home,

A significant number of homeowners belong to homeowners’ associations.  This gives rise to many questions about how Arizona HOAs can change their rules.  Homeowners should always check their community’s CC&Rs for a description of the rule-changing process specific to their HOA.
When homebuyers purchase a home in a HOA, they agree to abide by the terms

When Arizona homebuyers buy into a homeowner’s association, the HOA sometimes charges them a one-time transfer fee.  The fee can range anywhere from $1 to $25,000 or more, and like most fees of this type, transfer fees sometimes generate quite a controversy.  Depending on an individual’s perspective, transfer fees can be seen as a positive

While not every homeowners’ association is identical, most associations in Arizona are either a planned community or a condominium association.  Mesa alone is filled with both planned communities and condominium associations.  These types of communities share many characteristics, but the fundamental difference between the two lies in how the common areas are owned.
Common areas are

Owning a home does not always give homeowners the right to make additions or build structures on their property.  Many homeowners’ associations frown upon homeowners building even play sets or ramadas in their yard.  Homeowners wishing to make an addition of this type should always check with their community’s CC&Rs before taking any action.
Homeowners belonging