John - Arizona doesn't typically utilize a attorney review.

Nellie - Brad is correct. The standard Arizona Residential Resale contract provided by the Arizona Association of Realtors uses calendar days. The first day starts at midnight of the day the contract is signed. For example, if your contract was signed sometime on Monday, then Day 1 of the inspection period would be Tuesday.

It should be noted that this is all boilerplate language in the AAR contract. It can be overwritten, or a different contract can be used. But it should be spelled out in your contract. And your agent would definitely know.

Below is a link to a post I wrote specifically about inspection periods.

Nellie - it would be dependent on how your contract was written. Most standard contracts - at least here in the Phoenix area - would be ten calendar days from the contract's acceptance. Check with your agent or read your contract to determine how it calculates days ... but I'd imagine it's ten calendar days.

Hello Yuma,

The 10 day inspection period begins when the attorney review expires and it is 10 calendar days including Sat. and Sun. Your confusion with the counting of days could be from the counting of time during the attorney review period which doesn't include weekends and holidays. I hope this information helps you.Have a great day