wording of the 1979 contract confirms that it refers to Hodge’s services as a real estate salesman, rather than to his services as a property manager. The contract refers to Hodge as a “Broker” and Kun as a “Principal,” and states that it pertains to “real estate purchased by Principal as a result of the efforts and assistance of Broker.” The contract does not mention Hodge’s services as a property manager. IV Hodge also argues that Coldwell Banker and AAA Realty assigned him their rights to collect commissions on the four proper ties from Kun. Under Arizona law, a licensed real estate salesman who has been assigned his broker’s right to a commission arguably is entitled to sue the principal directly for the commission. See Bustrum v. Gardner, 154 Ariz. 409, 743 P.2d 5, 6-7 (App.1987) (<HOLDING>). Hodge does not claim that there were express
holding brokers were not entitled to commission where agreement provided commission was payable at closing of real estate transaction because brokers did not produce clients that closed holding broker not a party to a purchase contract and therefore not liable for attorneys fees even though provision providing for payment of the brokers commission was contained in the contract holding that broker whose contract called for commission on sale of property was not entitled to commission on transfer of property to partnership in which owner had an interest and that because broker was not entitled to commission under terms of his contract he also could not recover against a third person on theory of tortious interference with that contract holding that an outofstate broker who has been assigned an arizona brokers right to a commission may bring an action to recover that commission from the principal because an assignment allows the assignee to stand in the same position as the assignor holding that when neither real estate brokers licensing statute nor its legislative history indicated that legislature intended unenforeeability of unlicensed brokers commission agreement broker was entitled to retain commission paid