Arizona Contracts
The Arizona resale contract is a ten-page document most people meet once, under time pressure, in the middle of the largest purchase of their lives. These explain the parts that actually decide how a deal goes.
Written in plain English for buyers and sellers rather than for agents. Each one comes out of deals we have closed in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, so where the standard advice and the practice diverge, these follow the practice.
If you are already working with an agent, they are the right person to ask about your own transaction — they know your file, your dates, and what has been agreed. These are here to make that conversation a better one, not to replace it.
Contract deadlines
Every deadline runs from one date, most never bite, and the one that does is the one nobody watches. Includes a date calculator.
Seller disclosure
Your agent cannot fill it out for you. What “are you aware of” actually means, what you never have to disclose, and why over-disclosing costs you nothing.
The inspection notice
What belongs on the inspection notice, what a seller can do with it, what happens when nobody responds, and the five days you get to decide.
Earnest money
It is not a penalty a seller collects. It is a claim you have to pursue, and one word from the other side can freeze it indefinitely.
Thinking about buying or selling in Scottsdale or Paradise Valley?
Email Marta or call 480-274-5710
Already working with an agent? Ask them first — that is what they are there for. If you are under a representation agreement with another brokerage, please speak with your own agent rather than us.