Pickleball Pandemonium: Dealing with Neighborhood Noise

Question: We live in a beautiful subdivision in Mesa. We have loved all of our wonderful neighbors — until recently! The neighbors next door have to be at work by 9:00 a.m. They love pickleball. They recently bought a pickleball court, and play pickleball in their yard next to our bedroom window almost every morning…

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Injunction Can Require Removal of Oleander Tree

  Question: We have owned a 2-acre horse property in Gilbert for more than 30 years. Ten years ago, a large subdivision was built on the northern boundary of our property. One neighbor planted an oleander tree that is starting to hang over the block wall fence. Oleander leaves are poisonous and only six to 11…

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Real Estate Investors Liable For Acts of Tenants

  The general rule is that an owner of a rental property is not responsible for the wrongful acts of a tenant occupying the rental property.  There is an exception to this general rule, however, if the landlord knows or should have known of activities by the tenant on the rental property that could cause…

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