Accounting /Real Estate Exam Essentials Part 2
Real Estate Exam Essentials Part 2
This deck covers key concepts and legal acts related to real estate, including property rights, types of estates, and important legislation.
1974 Housing and Community Development Act
Protects against sex or gender bias.
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Term
Definition
1974 Housing and Community Development Act
Protects against sex or gender bias.
1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act
Protects the handicapped and familial status.
Fee Simple
Ownership with the greatest bundle of rights - the owner has all available rights to the property and can always pass it to his heirs
Fee Simple Estate
Absolute ownership with all the rights associated with ownership of real property
Life Estate
Ownership for the duration of one's life - cannot be willed to heirs; The three parties are the Grantor, Grantee and Remainder man.
Life Estate With Reversion
Set up so that at the end the property goes back to the original owner
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Term | Definition |
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1974 Housing and Community Development Act | Protects against sex or gender bias. |
1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act | Protects the handicapped and familial status. |
Fee Simple | Ownership with the greatest bundle of rights - the owner has all available rights to the property and can always pass it to his heirs |
Fee Simple Estate | Absolute ownership with all the rights associated with ownership of real property |
Life Estate | Ownership for the duration of one's life - cannot be willed to heirs; The three parties are the Grantor, Grantee and Remainder man. |
Life Estate With Reversion | Set up so that at the end the property goes back to the original owner |
Conventional Life Estate | A freehold estate limited in duration to the life of the grantee. the grantee enjoys just as fee. they pay taxes, maintenance |
Community Property | All property acquired by a husband and wife after marriage unless it is acquired by gift, will or inheritance. |
Homestead | The residence property of a landowner; protected from forced sale by general creditors. |
Estate For Years | A leasehold with a specific starting and ending date - it survives death or the sale of the property |
Leasehold Estate | An interest in real property giving a party possession without ownership |
Littoral Rights | Stationary body of water |
Riparian Rights | Flowing body of water |
Tenancy In Severalty (to sever) | Only one owner |
Tenancy In Common or Joint Tenancy | The unities that must exist for this type of ownership to exist areL Interest, Possession, Time and Title. If one owner of a joint tenancy dies, that owner’s interest reverts to the other owners. This right of survivorship may vary by state. |
Syndicate | Two or more parties join together to create and operate a real estate investment |
Fixity | the time is takes to repay the costs of land, buildings or improvements (investment permanence) |
Anti-trust Laws | promote competition in an open marketplace |
Modification | refers to change in property value due to improvements made to nearby parcels |
To be eligible for a broker's license, if the business is a corporation, the designated person must be | an officer of a corporation |
To be eligible for a broker's license, if the business is a limited liability company, the designated person must be | a manager of the company |
To be eligible for a broker's license, if the business is a partnership, the designated person must be | a general partner |
The right of ownership is the definition of | property |
Appurtenance | A right, privilege or improvement associated with land but not part of the land |
Chattel Real Tangible Property | Trade fixtures and emblements (crops) |
Chattel Real Intangible Property | Mortgages, leases, options and easements |
Concurrent ownership | co-owners hold title to undivided interest in the property |
Property | Definition of 'rights of ownership' |
Feudal | A system in which individuals can own land for their lifetime but not pass it on to their heirs |
Alloidal | A system in which individuals can own land for their lifetime and pass it on to their heirs |
Escheat | The right of the state to assume ownership of property when an owner dies without a valid will or heirs |
Personal property may become real property | Attachment, adaption, agreement |