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Real Estate Attorneys

Frazer Ryan’s real estate attorneys advise and assist investors, property owners, and real estate companies with a broad range of services, including transaction, tax, and litigation services.

Real estate makes up a significant part of the net worth of many businesses, business owners, individuals, and families. Even if you own no real estate other than your home, you may have real estate-related questions, including about leasing property for your business or passing your real estate on to your loved ones or valued institutions.

Our knowledge of Arizona real estate ownership and planning, transactions, litigation, and tax law will help ensure that your rights and obligations relating to real estate have been carefully analyzed, well-documented and preserved for your benefit.

Below: Real Estate and Property Taxation | Real Estate Litigation | Estate Planning

Real Estate Transactions

David Cohen, Jim Ryan, Phil Rupprecht, Phil Whitaker and Roger Stahl assist clients in the purchase, development, and sale of all categories of property, from vacant land to commercial properties (including retail and industrial), shopping centers to office buildings, condos to ranches, and apartments to single family homes.

Many of our real estate attorneys also practice in our Business Law group and can provide insights and advice about entity selection (e.g., LLC, LLP, LLLP, or trust) to best support your purpose.

Frazer Ryan’s real estate attorneys help investors, buyers, sellers, developers, lenders, landlords, managers, brokers, and others possessing real estate interests, providing legal services that include:

  • Commercial, agricultural, and residential purchase and sale agreements
  • Commercial leases
  • Subleases
  • Ground leases
  • Tenant improvements work agreements
  • Real estate loans
  • Closings, transfers, and exchanges
  • Ownership structuring (LLC, LLP, LLLP, corporation, or trust)
  • Declaration of easements
  • Land development
  • Negotiating and preparing loan documents
  • Financing agreements
  • Easements, covenants, and servitudes
  • Lis pendens
  • Property title issues and defects
  • Tax-deferred exchanges
  • Asset protection strategies
  • Issues with probate and how to avoid probate

Taxation

A property’s return on investment can be significantly affected by federal, state, and local taxes. Understanding how to best navigate the complex federal and state tax systems is crucial for real estate investors seeking to reduce their tax liability.

David Cohen’s background allows him to analyze complex tax issues and formulate effective tax strategies in sophisticated real estate transactions, including:

Doug John can help you with the state and local tax consequences of your real estate investment, including:

  • Pre-acquisition tax planning and due diligence
  • Property tax budgeting
  • Property tax exemptions
  • Property tax valuation appeals
  • Real estate transfer tax
  • Prime contracting tax
  • Speculative builder tax
  • Residential rental tax
  • Commercial lease tax
  • State and local tax controversy
  • Property tax liens

Litigation

If your real estate ownership or transaction involves a dispute that may lead to a lawsuit, Phil Whitaker, Phil Rupprecht, Jimmy Cool, and Jessica Dorvinen can help you protect your rights in settlement negotiations or in court or arbitration, including:

  • Commercial lease disputes
  • Adverse possession
  • Hostile usage
  • Partitions
  • Ownership disputes
  • Quiet title
  • Commercial evictions
  • Boundary disputes
  • Foreclosures
  • Breach of contracts
  • Fraud
  • Disputes involving inheritance-related issues

Estate Planning

For many individuals and families, real estate holdings make up the largest part of their overall wealth. As a nationally recognized Estate Planning law firm, Frazer Ryan has decades of experience and wisdom involving strategies for using real estate to create a legacy for your family or your valued institutions. These tested and effective planning techniques include:

  • Revocable and irrevocable trusts
  • Family limited partnerships
  • Qualified Personal Resident Trusts (QPRT)
  • Family cabin limited liability companies
  • Beneficiary deeds

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