Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Legal Proceedings—On August 28, 2019, one of the Company's former third-party licensed sales associates, which are referred to as associate agents, filed a complaint against the Company in the

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The complaint is pled as a class action and alleges that the Company misclassified the plaintiff as an independent contractor instead of an employee. The case includes representative claims under California’s Private Attorney General Act. The plaintiff is seeking unspecified amounts of unpaid overtime wages, straight time wages, meal and rest period compensation, penalties, injunctive, and other equitable relief, and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. Given the preliminary stage of this case, the claims and issues presented, and the great uncertainties regarding which associate agents, if any, may be part of a class if one is certified, the Company cannot estimate a range of reasonably possible losses.

In addition to the matter discussed above, from time to time, the Company is involved in litigation, claims, and other proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business. Such litigation and other proceedings may include, but are not limited to, actions or claims relating to employment law (including misclassification), intellectual property, privacy and consumer protection, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974, the Fair Housing Act of 1968 or other fair housing statutes, cybersecurity incidents, data breaches or misappropriation, and commercial or contractual disputes. They may also relate to ordinary-course brokerage disputes, including, but not limited to, failure to disclose property defects, failure to meet client legal obligations, commission disputes, personal injury or property damage claims, and vicarious liability based upon conduct of individuals or entities outside of the Company's control, including partner agents and third-party contractor agents.

Facility Leases and Other Commitments—The Company leases its office space under noncancelable operating leases with terms ranging from one to 11 years. Generally, the leases require a fixed minimum rent with contractual minimum rent increases over the lease term, and certain leases include escalation provisions. Other commitments primarily relate to homes that the Company is under contract to purchase through its properties segment but that have not closed, and network infrastructure for the Company’s data operations. Future minimum payments due under these agreements as of September 30, 2019 are as follows:



	Facility Leases ^(a)		Other Commitments
2019, excluding the nine months ended September 30, 2019	$	2,013	$	26,796
2020	14,437		3,726
2021	14,111		1,173
2022	13,409		1,138
2023 and thereafter	40,290		—
Total minimum lease payments	$	84,260	$	32,833

(a) The future minimum lease payments are presented on the same basis as the financial information presented in audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2018 included in the 2018 Annual Report.