Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Modern real estate
Exam
83
Real Estate & Planning
Professional
08/31/2015

Additional Real Estate & Planning Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
A bilateral contract is one in which
Definition
the promise of one party is given in exchange for the promise of the other party.
Term
unilateral contract
Definition
one-sided agreement that does not obligate a second party.
Term
A broker who represents a seller under an exclusive agency listing receives two offers for the property at the same time, one from one of his salespeople and one from the salesperson of the cooperating broker. What should the broker do?
Definition

Submit both offers at the same time

 

A agent for the seller has a duty to disclose all offers, unless directed by the seller to not present an offer after one has been accepted.

Term
A licensee finally concluded some extremely difficult negotiations that resulted in the sale of a listed parcel of land. For all of her extra efforts, she can legally receive a performance bonus from?
Definition

Her broker

 

Bonus and commissions are paid to the broker, who then pays the licensee

Term
A licensee's responsibility to keep the principal informed of all of the facts that could affect a transaction is the duty of?
Definition

Disclosure

 

It is the licensee's duty to keep the principal informed of all facts or information that could affect a transaction.

Term
A listing contract in which payment of the commission is contingent on the licensee's being able to produce a buyer before the  property is sold by the owner or another licensee is called a(n)?
Definition

Open listing 

 

In an open listing, the seller retains the right to employ any number of licensees as agents. The licensees can act simultaneously, and the seller is obligated to pay a commission only to that licensee who successfully produces a ready, willing and able buyer.

Term
A man's house has been listed for sale for more than one year and he is very anxious to move into a retirement community. A licensee, who is a subagent of the seller, tells a prospective buyer to make a low offer because she is sure that the seller will accept it. Regarding the licensee's conduct, which of the following is FALSE?
Definition

She acted appropriately to get the seller's property sold.

 

A subagent owes the same fiduciary duties to a principal as an agent and may not compromise a seller's position.

Term
A metes-and-bounds legal description
Definition

must commence and finish at the same identifiable point.

 

A metes-and-bounds description starts at a POB and always ends back at the POB, so that the described tract is completely enclosed.

Term
A portion of a building was inadvertently built on someone else's land. This caused an?
Definition

encroachment

 

When all or part of a structure illegally extends beyond the land of its owner, this is called an encroachment.

Term
A property manager is hired to manage a property while the owner is overseas for two years. The property manager is a(n)?
Definition

general agent

 

A property manager usually represents the principal in a broad range of matters and is usually considered a general agent.

Term

A property manager's primary obligation is to ?

 

Definition

owners

 

The management agreement creates the agency relationship between the property manager and the owner in which the fiduciary relationship that is established requires the duty of loyalty of the property manager to the owner.

Term
A real estate licensee was responsible for a chain of events that resulted in the sale of one of his client's properties. This is referred to as?
Definition

Procuring cause

 

A licensee who starts a chain of events that results in a sale and does so without abandoning the transaction may be considered the procuring cause of the sale.

Term
A real estate licensee, classified by the IRS as an independent contractor, receives?
Definition

negotiated commissions on transactions

 

An independent contractor may not receive any employee benefits and must not be treated as an employee for federal tax purposes. An independent contractor may negotiate commissions for the broker on transactions.

Term
A real estate professional who performs a visual survey of a property's structure and systems and prepares an analytical report for a purchaser or an owner is acting as a(n)?
Definition

Home inspector 

 

The home inspector, who performes an analyical report of a visual inspection of the property and its structure's systems, is becoming more important in the real estate transaction as more consumers rely on these reports when buying property.

Term
A recorded subdivision plat is used in the?
Definition

lot and block system.

 

A recorded subdivision plat, which becomes part of the legal description, uses the lot and block system.

Term
A seller has listed her home for $190,000. The listing licensee tells a prospective buyer to submit a low offer because the seller is desperate to sell. The buyer offers $185,000 and the seller accepts it. In this situation?
Definition

The licensee has violated his agency relationship with the seller.

 

When the principal is the seller, the licensee may not reveal such things as the principal's willingness to accept less than the list price or his or her anxiousness to sell, unless the principal has authorized the disclosure.

Term
A statutory right that a family has in its residence is called?
Definition

homestead

 

A homestead is a legal life estate that ensures the home (or part of it) is protected from creditors during the occupants lifetime.

Term
A tenant's lease has expired, but the tenant has not vacated the premises or negotiated a renewal lease. The landlord has declared that the tenant is not to remain in the building. This situation is an example of?
Definition

Tenancy in sufferance

 

Tenancy (estate) at sufferance occurs when a tenant who lawfully possessed real property continues in possession of the premises without the landlord's consent after the rights expire.

Term
A violation of the Fair Housing Act could result in a penalty of?
Definition

$16,000 for the first offense

 

The penalty for the first offense violation of the Fair Housing Act of $16,000 and $27,500 for the second violation within five years.

Term
Abel and Baker are joint tenants. Baker sells his interest to Charlie. What is the relationship of Abel and Charlie?
Definition

They are tenants in common

 

If a joint tenant sells his or er interest in the jointly held property, the unities of time and title are destroyed. The new ower, Charlie, becomes a tenant in common with Abel.

Term
According to law, a trade fixture is usually treated as?
Definition

personalty

 

a trade fixture can be removed by the tenant. It is considered personal property (personalty) even though it may be attached to a building.

Term

All of the following are categories of the uses of real property EXCEPT?

A) developmental

B) residential

C) industrial

D) agricultural

Definition

developmental

 

Residential, agricultural, and industrial are all classifications of real estate. Development can occur with any of these types.

Term

All of the following are duties of a property manager EXCEPT?

A) renting space to tenants

B) repairing tenants fixtures

C) complying with legal requirements

D) preparing a budget

Definition

repairing tenants fixtures

 

tenants fixtures are personal property belonging to the tenant and are maintained by the tenant.

Term

All of the following are economic characteristics of land EXCEPT?

A) permaece of investment

B) area preference 

C) uniqueness

D) scarcity 

Definition

Uniqueness

 

uniqueness is a physical characteristic of real estate, along with immobility and indestructibility

Term

All of the following are prohibited under the antitrust laws EXCEPT?

A) competing property management companies agreeing to standardized management fees.

B) a broker setting a company commission schedule

C) competing brokers allocating markets based on the value of homes

D) real estate companies agreeing not to cooperate with a broker because of the fees that broker charges

Definition

a broker setting a company commission schedule.

 

A broker may independently determine commission rates or fees for the firm only

Term

All of the following are required of a broker when seeking to collec a commission for brokering the sale of a property 

A) having had a contract of employment an agency representation agreement 

B) complying with a set commission rate set by a trade organization

C) having been the procuring cause in the transaction or having an exclusive right to sell agreement

D) having a valid real estate broker's license

Definition

complying with a set commission rate set by a trade organization

 

Professional organizations may not set fees or commissions splits

Term

All of the following reasons are valid bases for terminating a listing agreement EXCEPT?

A) destruction of the premises

B) agreement of the parties

C) death of the salesperson

D) sale of the property

Definition

Death of the salesperson

 

A listing agreement is a personal service agreement between a broker and a seller, not between a salesperson and a seller

Term

All of the following would cause a high vacancy rate EXCEPT?

A) very desirable amenities

B) poor location 

C) inept management

D) excessive rent

Definition

Very desirable amenities

 

Desirable amenities would be found in properties with a low vacancy rate. WHen the vacancy rate is high, the manager needs to determine why. The manager should first identify and correct problems before lowering rents as the problem could possibly be poor management or a defective or undesirable property.

Term
A individual rents an apartment for one year. The landlord sells the building during the on year lease term. What effect does the sale have on the lease?
Definition

the sale does not affect the lease

 

Since a lease is a contract transferring the owner's right of possession to the tenant for a specified period of time, the lease does not terminate if the property is sold. The new owner takes the property subject to the rights of the tenants.

Term
Because a couple no longer needs their large house, they decide to sell it and move into a cooperative, they will
Definition

Become shareholders in a corporation

 

In a cooperative, a corporation holds title to the land and building and offers shares of stock

Term
An individual who holds a broker's license but performs the duties of a salesperson is called a(n)
Definition

associate broker

 

Term
Damage from which of the following is NOT coered in a basic homeowner's policy?
Definition

flood

 

Flood insurance is required in designated areas and is a separate policy from the basic homeowners policy

Term
Detailed information about the age, education, behavior, and other characteristics of members of a population group is called
Definition

Demographics

 

Information about members of a population group is called demographics. These factors are important as they contribute to the amount and type of housing needed.

Term
A buyer's agent should disclose the presence of a group home for autistic children when showing houses on the same block.
Definition

False

 

Term
Fixtures are
Definition
treated as real property
Term
For a property to be held in tenancy by the entirety, which of the following is required?
Definition
The cotenants must be husband and wife
Term
Homeowners may NOT DEDUCT, real estate taxes when preparing their income tax returns.
Definition
TRUE
Term
If the owner of the dominant tenement becomes the owner of the servient tenement and merges the two properties, the
Definition
easement is terminated
Term
In determining rental amounts, a property manager considers the economic principle of
Definition

supply and demand

 

 

Supply and demand in real estate recognizes that the marketplace can influence trends in occupancy and vacancy rates, which in turn affect rental rates.

Term
it is illegal for a lending institution to refuse to make a residential real estate loan in a particular area only because of the
Definition

Physical location of the property

 

Redlining refers to literally drawing a line around particular areas and refusing to make loans in that area, rather than looking at the economic qualifications of the applicant

Term
Last month a broker took a listing on a property. She now learns that her client has been declared incompetent by the court. Her listing now is
Definition

terminated

 

A listing agreement may be terminated if either party dies or becomes incapacitated.

Term
Many states determine the order of water rights according to which users of the water hold recorded beneficial use permits. This allocation of water rights is controlled by
Definition

the doctrine of prior appropriation

 

The doctrine of prior appropriation usually applies in states where water is scarce. The landowner receives a permit to  a specified amount of water, and priority of water rights is usually determined by the oldest recorded permit dates.

Term
If a licensee has no knowledge that his or her client has misrepresented a material defect about a property, he or she is
Definition

released of liability

 

Term
Upon obtaining a listing, a broker or licensed salesperson is obligated to
Definition
Have the seller complete a seller property condition disclosure statement
Term
One who employs the broker ma be a seller, prospective buyer, lessor or lessee and is considered to be the
Definition
principal
Term
What are the protedted classes under the Fair Housing Act?
Definition
race, color, religion, familial status, sex, handicapped status, national origin
Term
Real property can become personal property by
Definition

severance 

 

Severing an item from real property results in the item becoming personalty, or personal property

Term
Shelly and Nadine bought a store building and took title as joint tenants. Nadine died testate, and Shelly now owns the store
Definition

in severalty 

 

Under joint tenancy, the ownership remains with the surviving joint tenants. Because there is only one owner i this case, Shelly owns the property in severalty.

Term
Strips of land six miles wide that run north and south are called
Definition

ranges

 

The land on either side of a principal meridian is divided into six-mile-wide strips that run north and south parallel to the meridian, and the strips of land are called ranges.

Term
Tenancy with suriviorship means
Definition
The tenancy interest will pass to the surviving tenants upon the death of one.
Term
That portion of the value of owners property that exceeds the amount of their mortgage debts is called
Definition

equity

 

The equity represents the increasing ownership interest (the paid off share) in the property as the mortagage debt, the principal, is reduced. The value of the property minus the mortgage debt equals the equity

Term
The agency responsible for the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act is the
Definition

Department of Housing and Urban Development

 

The Fair Housing Act is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD

Term
The amount of commission that is paid to a salesperson is determined by
Definition

mutual agreement with his or her broker

 

All commissions must be paid through the broker, and the amount the salesperson receives is set by mutual agreement between these two parties

Term

The essential elements of a contract include all of the following EXCEPT

A) offer and acceptance

B) signatures of the parties

C) competent parties

D) consideration

Definition

signatures of the parties

 

To be legally valid, a contract does not require signatures of the parties

Term
The federal Fair Housing Act does NOT prohibit
Definition

discriminating on the basis of marital status

 

Marital status is not one of the seven protected classes under the federal Fair Housing Act.

Term
The law that requires real estate contracts to be in writing to be enforceable is the
Definition

statute of frauds 

 

The statute of frauds requires real estate contracts to be in writing to be enforceable. An oral contract, although unenforceable, is still valid between parties

Term
The main purpose of police power is to
Definition

Ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the community.

 

Individual rights are subject to certain powers, one of which is police power: the power to preserve order, protect the public health and safety, and promote the general welfare of the community

Term

The method of describing land that uses degrees, feet, and monuments is known as the

 

Definition

Metes and bounds system

 

A Metes and bounds description starts at a POB (point of beginning) and proceeds around the property's boundaries by referring to linear measurements, monuments, and directions

Term
The mixing of trust funds with a broker's personal funds is
Definition

Commingling

 

commingling, or mixing of funds, is illegal regardless of the size of an office. Conversion occurs when a broker uses escrow funds for his or her own use.

Term
The numbering of sections in a township begins in the section in the
Definition

Northeast corner and then runs westerly

 

Township sections are numbered 1-36 and Section 1 is always in the northeast upper right hand corner.

Term
The owner of real estate who leases it to another is called the
Definition

Lessor 

 

The lessor is the owner of real estate

Term
The practice of channeling families with children away from other buildings into an apartment building where other families with children reside is
Definition
illegal discrimination
Term
The provisions of the Fair Housing Act apply
Definition
in all states
Term
The purchaser of a property in a planned unit development will usually NOT receive
Definition

A direct ownership interest in the common areas

 

Planned unit development (PUD) owners do not have direct ownership interest in the common areas and have a community association to maintain those areas with fees collected from the owners

Term
The section of land reserved for school purposes in the rectangular survey system is Section
Definition
16
Term
The tenant leases a heated apartment, but the landlord fails to provide heat because of a defective central heating plant. The tenant vacates the premises and refuses to pay any rent. This is an example of
Definition

constructive eviction

 

constructive eviction terminates the lease when the landlord breaches any clause of the lease agreement. The tenant must prove that the premises have become unusable because of the conscious neglect of the landlord

Term
The type of listing agreement that provides for payment of a commission to the broker even though the owner makes the sale without the broker's aid is called an
Definition

exclusive right to sell listing

 

In an exclusive right to sell listing if the property is sold while the listing is in effect, the seller must pay the broker a commission regardless of who sells the property

 

 

Term
The type of real estate ownership that is MOST all-inclusive is a
Definition

fee simple estate.

 

 

Term
The uniqueness of land and its inability to be substituted is know as
Definition

nonhomogenity

 

Nonhomogenity is another termfor uniqueness, as two parcels of land are never exactly alike

Term
The water rights of an owner of property located along the banks of a river are called
Definition

riparian rights

 

Riparian rights are common law rights granted owners of land along the course of a river

Term
There are NO exceptions to fair housing law for
Definition

racial considerations 

 

Civil rights act of 1866

Term
Under which listing agreement can owners of listed property sell the property on their own without having to pay the listing licensee a commission?
Definition

Exclusive-agency listing AND Open listing

 

 

In an exclusive agency listing, one licensee is authorized to act as the exclusive agent of the principal. However, the seller retains the right to sel the property without obligation to the licensee. In an open listing, the seller retains the right to employ any number of licensees as agents. If the seller personally sells the property without the aid of any of the licensees, the seller is not obligated to pay a commission

Term
Upon discovering a latent defect in a property, the licensee should dicuss the problem with the seller and then
Definition

Inform any prospective buyers of the defect 

 

A seller's agent is also expected to disclose information about material defects in the property to prospective buyers.

Term
When a salesperson tells homeowners that minorities are moving into the area in order to get those homeowners to sell their properties, this activity is
Definition

called blockbusting

 

Blockbusting is inducing panic selling by claiming the entry of a protected class eill have some sort of negative impact on property values. It is illegal.

Term
When the supply of a commodity decreases while demand remains the same
Definition

price tends to rise

 

Under the lawss of supply and demand, if the supply of a commodity decreases with demand remaining the same or increasing, the price goes up

Term
Which of the following BEST describes a voidable contract?
Definition

Contract that may be either enforced or declared void by one of the parties

 

A voidable contract has all the legal elements of a contract but may  be rescinded or disaffirmed by one or both parties based on some legal principal

Term
Which of the following has an indeterminable duration?
Definition

Freehold estate

 

Freehold estates, which last an indeterminable length of time, include fee simple, defeasible fee, and life estates.

Term
Which of the following in considered personal property?
Definition

Patio furniture

 

personal property such as patio furniture is movable. A fireplace, bathtubs, and awnings are all attached to the property and considered real property 

Term
Which of the following would be considered lawful practice in real estate brokerage?
Definition

Exaggerated statements about the property

 

Puffing is legal exaggeration of a property's benefits

Term
Which of the following would be consedered legal?
Definition
Requiring a person with a disability to establish an escrow account for the costs to restore a property after it has been modified
Term
Which type of development combines office space, stores, and residential units in a single, vertical community know as a
Definition

mixed-use development

 

a mixed use development (MUD) combines commerical and residential in a single highrise.

Term
Which type of listing is prohibited in some states?
Definition
Net listing
Supporting users have an ad free experience!