Arizona Home Selling Guide
If you're thinking about selling your Arizona home — whether you're in a tough spot or just want speed — these guides tell you exactly what you need to know. Written by Scott Durham, licensed AZ agent with 500+ transactions.
Straight answers on cash offers, taxes, probate, and spotting a legit buyer from a scam — written by Scott, a licensed AZ agent.
Most AZ cash closings run 7–14 days vs. 30–45 financed. The day-by-day timeline, what slows it down, and how to move faster.
Read the guide →License lookups, proof of funds, red flags, and the AZ Attorney General's 2025 fraud case — how to verify a cash buyer before you sign anything.
Read the guide →An honest side-by-side on net proceeds, timeline, fees, and repairs — with a worked example on a $460K Phoenix home.
Read the guide →Opendoor/Offerpad fees, condition cutoffs, and flexibility vs. a local cash buyer — and which fits an as-is or older home.
Read the guide →AZ probate timeline, the 2025 small-estate threshold, stepped-up basis, and your options when you inherit a home you need to sell.
Read the guide →Co-heir dynamics, buyouts, partition actions, and how one clean cash number can settle a split fast.
Read the guide →Why selling soon after inheriting usually means little or no capital gains tax — with a worked example and the 2026 federal numbers.
Read the guide →Higher-price-point and Scottsdale-specific guides — written by Scott, a Scottsdale-based agent with 20+ years local
Cash sales aren't just for distressed tract homes. Here's how they actually work at $1M, $2M, even $3M+ — proof of funds, timelines, and when it makes sense.
Read the guide →View premiums, gated-community HOAs, golf-club memberships, and the actual cash-sale timeline at $1.4M–$3M up north.
Read the guide →Informal probate timing in Maricopa County, the small estate affidavit threshold, step-up basis, and clean cash-sale options for out-of-state heirs.
Read the guide →No MLS, no sign in the yard, no open houses. How off-market sales actually work in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, and when they net more.
Read the guide →Pool, roof, kitchen, view-deck — when a $60K–$200K pre-listing renovation actually pays back, and when selling as-is is the smarter move. Real numbers.
Read the guide →Remote closing, FIRPTA basics for Canadian/non-US sellers, key handoff, and how to close an AZ cash sale without flying in.
Read the guide →Real walkthroughs of the situations Arizona sellers face most
The A.R.S. § 25-315 automatic injunction stops either spouse from selling alone. Here are your three legal exits — court-ordered sale, A.R.S. § 12-1218 partition action, or agreed cash sale. Statute-cited.
Read the guide →Arizona moves fast on foreclosures — trustee sales can happen in 90 days. Here's exactly what you can do at each stage, including selling for cash as a last-minute stop.
Read the guide →Lease transfers to the buyer, 48-hour showing notice (ARS 33-1343), 30-day month-to-month termination (ARS 33-1375), and how cash buyers price an occupied home. Worked Phoenix example.
Read the guide →After-Repair Value (ARV) is the number every cash buyer starts with. Understanding it helps you evaluate whether an offer is fair — or lowball.
Read the guide →Each one of these is a full local guide with Arizona-specific answers
What actually happens after you inherit a house in Arizona — probate timelines, Maricopa County process, and how to sell without flying in or fixing anything.
Read the situation guide →Arizona is a community-property state. Here's how cash sales help create a clean, neutral split when listing isn't the right move.
Read the situation guide →Forbearance, loan modification, short sale, or a private cash sale — what each path actually does and where you still have time to act.
Read the situation guide →A vacant house in AZ bleeds money — insurance, HOA, vandalism, monsoon damage. Calculate the real cost of waiting vs. selling now.
Read the situation guide →Tired of eviction headaches or non-paying tenants? You can sell occupied — leases transfer, no eviction required.
Read the situation guide →Fire, flood, deferred maintenance, code violations, hoarder situations — we buy as-is. No repairs, no clean-out, no fees.
Read the situation guide →Local context, neighborhoods, and ZIP-level coverage
Old Town, North Scottsdale, McCormick Ranch, Troon, DC Ranch. Luxury homes, HOAs, inherited estates — how Scottsdale actually sells.
See Scottsdale page →Arcadia, Biltmore, Encanto, Ahwatukee, Laveen. Older Phoenix homes, rentals, AZ foreclosure timing — the full local picture.
See Phoenix page →Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, Fountain Hills, and beyond. See where else we buy.
Browse all areas →Call Scott directly — he'll give you a straight assessment of your situation in one conversation.