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July 20
Subdivided or Unsubdivided? The Importance of Getting it Right.
¿Pueden Tus Clientes Leer Esto?
July 13
To help address the problem of homelessness in the Grand Canyon State, Arizona REALTORS have joined with the Arizona Community Foundation to promote the Arizona …
Have you considered taking on a leadership role in the state’s largest and most influential trade organization? If you have, the filing period for members …
For more than a centrury, Americans have utilized 1031 exchanges to
swap one investment property for another.
With some calling for the repeal of like-kind exchanges, it’s …
July 6
In August of last year, The National Association of REALTORS® Advocacy Group, led by Bill Malkasian, collaborated on a joint program with State Associations such …
Back in June, we alerted members to a revision of the Additional Clause Addendum. The minor change relates to the addition of a new provision that addresses appraisal …
Arizona REALTORS® is constantly working to help provide the tools you need to grow your business.
The Professional & Business Development Committee and the Business Technology …
Arizona Housing Report
Contract Conversation – Additional Clause Addendum
REALTOR® Value Flyer
June 29
As an accomplished author and attorney in the real estate industry, not to mention more than twenty years leading the association, CEO of Arizona REALTORS® Michelle …
Visitors to the Arizona REALTORS® website may have noticed a new orange and white bubble in the lower right-hand corner of their screens, announcing our …
Are you All-In? Arizona REALTORS® All-In Success Summit will help you master the market of the moment. #ArizonaREALTORSuccess Ready to get INspired, INformed, …
Ask the CEO
New Chat Feature
All in Success Summit
June 22
Educate your home buyers and sellers about mortgage closing scams (aka wire fraud schemes) with this NEW informational advisory brochure from the National Association of …
Scott A. Malm
Recently, the Arizona Legislature increased the homestead protection to $250,000 and changed Arizona’s homestead laws so that a recorded money judgment also becomes …
Do you want to know what the Top Opportunities are for Agents, Brokerages and Associations?
Simply fill out the Opportunity Report survey and you’ll have …
Mortgage Closing Scam Client Advisory Brochure
Legislature Makes Major Changes to Arizona Homestead Laws
What are the Top Opportunities in the Real Estate Industry
June 15
Member Benefit: Commercial Forms
Designed by CRE experts and written to be completely party-neutral, AIR CRE Contracts provide you with customizable templates to close your deal …
Helping clients successfully find a place they’ll call home is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a real estate agent. As we …
Do you want to have a voice in the future of Arizona’s real estate business while building out your own network of valuable contacts?
Serving on a …
Commercial Forms and AIR CRE Contracts
Inspirational Homeownership
Arizona REALTORS® Committee Volunteer Information
June 8
As an accomplished author and attorney in the real estate industry, not to mention more than twenty years leading the association, CEO of Arizona REALTORS® Michelle …
Because of the number of drownings and near-drownings in Arizona, most of which involve small children, the State of Arizona and most counties and cities within …
Each month hundreds of Arizonans obtain a real estate license. While that designation carries with it a fundamental understanding of the business, newly minted REALTORS® …
Commericial Forms from AIR CRE Contracts
Inspirational Homeownership
Arizona REALTORS® Committee Volunteer Information
June 1
Arizona REALTORS® is pleased to continue this valuable tech support benefit. Try it and let us know about your Tech Helpline experience!
What’s covered? …
The explosion of technological tools in the real estate industry has the heads of our Tech Team spinning.
In this Member Survey, we wanted to find …
Alexa tells you howto add a Flash Briefing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttVWD0N-7Y4
A few weeks back, 2021 President Jan
Leighton asked us to find someone who could join the effort to …
Tech Helpline
Member Survey
Alexa Joins Arizona REALTORS®!
May 25
On June 1, 2021, a revised Additional Clause Addendum will be released for use by all members. The sole change to the form can be …
While Arizona REALTORS® look forward to next year’s in-person gathering for our annual REALTOR® Day at the Capitol, the government affairs team is still hard at …
Arizona REALTORS® Buyer-Seller Dispute Resolution Mediation Program is a quick and inexpensive way to settle a dispute between a buyer and a seller.
REALTORS® and their clients …
Additional Clause Addendum
Arizona REALTORS® Government Affairs Update
Buyer Seller Mediation Program
May 18
NAR has partnered with Photofy, a content creation app, to develop a custom version that’s preloaded with shareable social media graphics and videos from the popular That’s Who We R advertising campaign.One great …
A few weeks back we asked members to share what technologies have made a difference in their business.
Check out a sample of the responses …
In June 2021, a revised Counter
Offer will be published evidencing two substantive changes.
The first revision pertains to lines 22 and 23, which
currently state, “Except as …
Photofy & NAR
May Member Survey
June 2021 Revised Counter Offer
May 11
By Nikki Salgat, Esq., Arizona REALTORS® Assistant General Counsel
AAR’s Risk Management Committee (“Committee”) has previously avoided developing pre-possession and post-possession agreement forms due …
Receiving multiple offers on a particular
home is nothing new for Arizona REALTORS®.
With the
increasing number of complaints about listing brokers not responding to
submitted purchase offers, General …
Please join us on Monday, May 24, 2021 for an unprecedented look inside the Arizona State Capitol. We will show where the laws affecting our …
Pre-Post and Possession Checklists
Scott’s Legal Scoops – Multiple Offiers
Arizona REALTORS® at the Capitol
May 4
Have you considered taking on a leadership role in the state’s largest and most influential trade organization? If you have, the filing period for members …
Catylist is a fully-researched commercial listings database serving Arizona. It is administered and researched by Catylist and supported by all 14 REALTORS® Associations statewide.
Arizona REALTORS®Tech …
Member Survey
2023 Arizona REALTORS® Officer Elections
Commercial Listings Database
April 27
Important announcement regarding the Arizona REALTORS® electronic signature member benefits:
At the Arizona REALTORS®, we recognize the importance of our members’ ability to utilize a reliable …
On September 1, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an eviction moratorium for nonpayment of rent for certain qualified residential renters. …
Important announcement regarding the Arizona REALTORS® electronic signature member benefits
Ask Michelle
The Eviction Moratorium and Non-Payment of Rent
April 20
Before spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in
what may be the largest purchase of their lifetime, many buyers seeking to
purchase real estate, whether it be …
In an effort
to make things easier to find on our website, we’ve developed a program that
will help us generate more accurate results for members searching AARonline.com.
The …
Arizona REALTORS® is responsible for enforcing the REALTORS® Code of Ethics. The code imposes duties above and beyond those imposed by law or regulation, which apply only …
Unrepresented Buyer? No Problem!
Improve Search Results
Streamlined Ethics Complaint Process
April 13
In August of last year, The National Association of REALTORS® Advocacy Group, led by Bill Malkasian, collaborated on a joint program with State Associations such …
Scott’s Legal Scoops
Ask Michelle
Arizona Housing Report
April 6
The Mary Lee Greason Award is bestowed upon a past or current Arizona REALTOR® Professional Standards Committee member who exhibits a passion for professional standards …
Reprinted with ADOR permission
The speculative builder tax is imposed by Arizona cities and towns on the sale of improved real property by a speculative builder. …
Nominate a REALTOR®
Are you or someone you know doing great work serving the community? We want to hear about it!
NAR has two programs that recognize …
2021 Mary Lee Greason Award Recipient
Speculative Builder
Good Neighbor Awards
March 30
Jump into Fairhaven, a fictional town where REALTORS® work against the clock to sell homes while confronting discrimination in the homebuying process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecXd55wBBBM
2021 Arizona REALTORS® President Jan Leighton discusses the important Code of Ethics changes.
REALTORS® stand for and believe in equal housing
opportunities and fair housing for all …
What Is an Escalation Clause and When Should You Use One?
Welcome to Fairhaven
Code of Ethics Applies to Discriminatory Speech and Conduct
March 23
To help new Arizona REALTORS® get off to a good start, we’ve posted a tremendous amount of resources for Real Estate Rookies on our website. From …
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, the House of Representatives
passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. With the PRO Act, House
and Senate Democrats seek …
Rookie Resources
Ask Michelle
The PRO ACT & what NAR is doing to protect our industry.
March 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8cZxTEMYeA
The REALTOR® Party works hand-in-hand with the REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC); however, RPAC is a voluntary program and provides the “hard” dollars the association uses …
Each year around
this time the AZ Department of Real Estate gets calls asking about the deadline
to complete their Code of Ethics training.
While there is no …
Included in the February 1, 2021 forms release, the Market Conditions Advisory was also revised.
A decision was made by the Risk Management Committee to …
The Power of the REALTOR® Party
Ethics Update
Market Conditions Advisory Update
March 9
One great way for members to save a few minutes of their day is to create a template for repetitive functions within TransactionDesk.
If you haven’t
set them …
Arizona law requires real
estate licensees to have an understanding of the general purpose and legal
effect of real estate contracts. However, every year, contract questions are …
It is easy to confuse what each entity does for you and who you need to call for information unless you deal directly and consistently …
March 2
In November 2020, the National Association of REALTORS® took bold steps to eliminate systemic racism and discrimination in real estate. Following months of deliberation and …
Scott’s Legal Scoops
DEI: Leading Courageous Conversations
Important announcement regarding the Arizona REALTORS® electronic signature member benefits
February 23
A few weeks back we asked members to share what technologies have made a difference in their business.
Check out a sample of the responses …
Once a year,
agents are required to renew their zipForm® account by agreeing to the
company’s license agreement. There is no charge for this annual renewal in
2021 …
https://youtu.be/cM9-bf8CU08
The Arizona REALTORS® Diversity and Inclusion Committee were proud to have Dr. Leonard Moore from the University of Texas lead an important interactive session that …
February Member Survey
MLS Connect, zipForm Mobile and zipForm Standard are available for purchase from zipLogix.
Diversity and Inclusion Committee Special Guest
February 16
ARIZONA REALTORS® LEGISLATIVE TRACKING
The 55th, 2nd Regular Legislative Session adjourned Sine Die at 4:54PM on Tuesday, June 30, 2021. Session ran a total of 171 …
Can your clients read the title of
this article? If so, they may be interested to know that Arizona REALTORS®
has translated its most often used forms …
2021 AZ Legislative Update
¿Pueden Tus Clientes Leer Esto?
February 9
The last year has brought many new realities to our community, as well as exposed a long-standing reality for far too many in our country. …
Every five years, the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) researches and writes an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice for submission to the U.S. …
DEI: Level-Setting Our Dialog
Arizona Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
Member Survey
February 2
To help address the problem of homelessness in the Grand Canyon State, Arizona REALTORS have joined with the Arizona Community Foundation to promote the Arizona …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0LnG4T9Wmc&feature=youtu.be
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of the National Association of REALTORS® discusses the latest developments and what they mean for Arizona REALTORS®
In November of 2020, …
AZ Housing Fund
NAR-DOJ AGREEMENT REGARDING MLS RULES
January 26
Have you seen this year’s Arizona REALTORS® Membership Guide?
The annual
guide provides an update of the services and resources available to members, as
well as a review …
In an effort to standardize listing agreements in Arizona, the multiple listing services (MLSs) reached out to the Arizona REALTORS® Risk Management Committee and requested …
2021 Membership Guide
NEW Multiple Listing Service Forms Release
January 19
On February 1st, following approval by the
Arizona REALTORS® Risk Management Committee and Executive Committee, a revised
Buyer-Broker Exclusive Employment Agreement (BBEEA) will be released for use …
For most home buyers, the purchase of real estate is one of the largest financial transactions they will make. Buyers purchase a home not only …
Revised Buyer-Broker Exclusive Employment Agreement to be Release
2020 Characteristics of Home Buyers
January 12
If one of your New Year’s Resolutions was to take a few minutes
and review the latest issues facing the real estate industry, we’ve updated our
Webinar …
These types of agreements can serve a valid purpose for the
buyer and seller, but should Arizona REALTORS® consider them when they carry so
much risk and raise …
Most of the time, cookies are a good thing, but they can also track you. Take control of a tiny bit of your online privacy …
Webinar Archive
Pre and Post-possession Agreements
How to Control and Delete Cookies on Your Browser
January 5
If you are an active member of the Arizona REALTORS® state association and would you like your name added to this list or to update your …
Next Phase in Electronic Filing and Paying Goes into Effect Jan. 1, 2021
Beginning January 1, 2021, the transaction privilege tax electronic (TPT) filing and paying …