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Worksheet time: 40mins
The of ownership of real property include all of the following, EXCEPT
Compatibility
Disposition
Exclusion
control
IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF LAND IS THAT IT MAY BE MODIFIED OR IMPROVED AT SOME POINT IN TIME. AND IMPROVEMENT MAY INCREASE THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE GREATLY. WHICH CATEGORY LISTED BELOW IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
sewers
crops
buildings
roads
A business at least has a space to open a restaurant and installs ovens, booths counters, and other equipment. When would these items become real property?
At lease expiration, if the owner does not remove them
After they are installed
When owner defaults on rental payment
After the lease takes affect
A real estate, professional sells property, listed by another brokerage firm in the multiple listing service. The real estate profession has been working with the buyer for many months, but does not have any agency agreement with the buyer. The real estate professional has fiduciary obligations to
the buyer
no one
the public
the seller
A House has been listed for sale for more than one year and the owner is very anxious to move into a retirement community. A real estate professional, who is a sub agent of the seller tells a prospective buyer to make a low offer, because the seller is likely to except it regarding the real estate professionals conduct in giving the advice to the buyer it is correct to say that
The real estate professional acted appropriately to sell the sellers property
the real estate professional's conduct implies a representation of the buyer
real estate professional should assume that an anxious seller will except a lower offer
The real estate professional has no fiduciary duty to the seller
A real estate professional, who represents the seller is showing a house to a prospective buyer customer. The real estate professional knows that the house has water problems in the basement. Which of the following is true?
withholding the information prevent the buyer from making an informed decision
Withholding the information properly protects the confidence of the seller
Digging the information could create a fiduciary relationship with the buyer
Disclosing the information violates the real estate professional fiduciary duty to the seller
What is a commission of 5% they sales price of 250,000?
25,000$
1,750$
12,500$
3,571$
A brokers, newest sales associate brings a listing for the sell of the condominium. In this transaction, the sales associate.
Has a direct contractual to relationship with the owner of the condominium
acts on behalf of the broker
acts on behalf of the condominium association
must personally find a buyer for the condominium to obtain a share of the commission
The commission on the sale of a house is $9410, and 30% of that amount goes to the broker who listed the property. of the remainder, the broker who sales associate who brought a buyer to the transaction get 45% and the sales associate receive the balance. How much does the sales associate receive?
$4389
$3728
$3622.85
$2,587.75
The type of real estate ownership that is MOST inclusive is a
life estate
fee simple estate
conditional fee estate
reversionary interest
an uncle conveyed real estate to his niece by will as a life estate put autre vie for the life of her mother. If the daughter should die before the mother, gains possession of the property ?
Reamainderman
Mother
Uncle's other heirs
daughter's heirs
The owner of two acres of land sold one acre to a neighbor and reserved an appurtenant easement over that acre for ingress and egress to the remaining acre. The acre retained by the property owner
is the servant tenement
will be cleared of the easement when the retained acre is sold to a third party
is the dominant tenement
is subject to an easement in gross 3
The owner of 50 acres of land with 500 feet of frontage on a desirable recreational lake wishes to subdivide the parcel into salable lots but wants to retain control over the lake frontage while allowing lot owners to have access to the lake. Which of the following types of access rights would provide the greatest protection for a perspective lot purchaser
appurtenant easement
easement in gross
easement by necessity
license
a Homestead exemption protects against judgments
of unsecured creditors
Resulting from unpaid taxes
From foreclosure of a mortgage
That result from the cost of improvements
The owner of oceanfront property noticed that people from town walked along the shore behind the house on the property. The owner learned that the local citizens always walked along the beach, but the owner went to court to try to stop people from walking along the water's edge behind the home. The owner is likely to be
unsuccessful because the local citizens have been doing this for years and thus have an easement.
successful because the owner's property extends to the low-water mark.
successful because access to property can be controlled by the property owner.
unsuccessful because the owner's property extends only to the high-water mark and the public may use the land beyond that point.
In a limited partnership
The number of investors is limited to 10
The general partner run the business
All the parties participate in running the business
investors may participate with only small amount of capital but with unlimited liability
A suburban home with four bedrooms, and only one bedroom suffers from what condition
Curable, physical deterioration
Incurable, physical deterioration
Functional obsolescence
External obsolescence
A house sold for 180,000 and the buyer obtain an FHA insured mortgage loan for 120,000 the lender charge to discount points, the buyer would pay
1200
1000
2400
1800
A buyer bought a house for $125,000. The house, which had originally sold for $118,250, appraised for $122,500. Based on these fax, if the buyer applies for an 80% mortgage, what will be the amount of the loan?
$94,600
$98,000
$100,000
$106,750
A developer is planning a warehouse that will contain 103,000 ft.². Construction cost are estimated to be $62 per square foot 95% financing is available for the Structure. how much money must’ve developer put up to complete the project?
$638,600
$5,747,400
$6,066,700
$319,300
in what way does a deed of trust Differ from a Mortgage
Numbers of parties involved in the loan
Obligation of the borrower to repay the funds
Redemption right allowed after foreclosure
Time Permitted to cure a default.
A document that protects against hidden risk, such as forgery and loss due to defects in the title, subject to specific exemptions is called?
a chain of title
A title Insurance policy
an owner’s policy
A certificate of title
The type of insurance that will protect the owners and heirs is called
A lender’s policy
a leasehold policy
an owner’s Policy
a Certificate of sale policy
The clause in a deed that defined the ownership right received by the grantee is the
granting clause
Habendum clause
appurtenance clause
Acknowledgment
A property owner bought acreage but never saw it and did not use it. The owner regularly paid the real estate taxes on the acreage. Without the owner's knowledge, a stranger moved a mobile home onto the property, drilled a well for water, and lived there for many years. This person may become the owner of the acreage if there has been compliance with state laws regarding
adverse possession
Interstate Succession
The statue of fraud
The statue of limitations
in which of the following situations could a quick claim deed be used?
To convey the basic warranties
When a trustee Return title to the trustee
To remove a cloud on Title
to warrant that a title is valid
under the terms of a trust, established by a will the trustee is required to sell the real estate the trust hold. The deed that will be delivered as settlement of such a sell is.
Deed of release
Warranty deed
Trustee’s deed
Trust’s deed
an option is granted when an owner give the potential purchaser the right to purchase a property
at any time or price
At a fixed price with a certain period of time
Without making any official record of the Purchase
with the sellers agreement at the time the option is exercise
A broker receives an earnest money deposit with a written offer to purchase that includes a 10-day acceptance clause. On the fifth day, before the offer is accepted, the buyer notifies the broker situation, the that the offer is being withdrawn and demands the return of the earnest money deposit. In this situation the
buyer cannot withdraw the offer because it must be held open for the full 10 days
seller and the broker has the right to retain 1/2 of the deposit
Broker declares the deposit forfeited and retains it for services rendered
Buyer has the right to revoke the offer at anytime until it is accepted and recover the earnest money
The law that require real estate contracts to be writing to be enforceable is the
Statue of frauds
Law of descent and distribution
parol evidence rule
Statue of limit
which of the following generally must pay real Real estate Texas
For profit, senior, living facility
Municipal government
Charitable hospital
Private, not for profit School
Taxes livid on a property owner to pay for installation of sidewalks, or sewers in a particular area are called
adjunct taxes
Special assessment
general property taxes
Special excise taxes
General real estate taxes are also called
ad valorem taxes
Special assessments
Appropriations fund
General, voluntary liens
The government policy that can affect the real estate market is
The federal reserve boards discount rate
A shortage of skilled labor or building mate
Testing to obtain a drivers license
Licensing requirement to open a real estate brokerage
A property owner, who does not want to deal with every day task of managing a rental property can hire
A property manager
an appraiser
A home inspector
A developer
which of these is an example of an economic characteristic of land
Immobility
Indestructibility
Uniqueness
scarcity
another word for uniqueness is
Scarcity
Non-homogeneity
fructus Industrials
immobility
which of these laws prohibits housing discrimination only on the basis of race
Fair housing amendment acts of 1988
Civil rights act of 1866
Housing and community development act of 1974
Civil rights act of 1968
The fair housing act is administrated by the
Office of equal opportunity
Department of housing and urban development
Department of Justice
Department of interior
The fair housing act allows a housing decision to be made on the basis of
Familial status
National origin
Religious preference
annual Income
if the government acquires privately owned real estate through a condemnation suit, it is exercising its power of
escheat
reverter
eminent domain
defeasance
three siblings bought a farm together, and the deed listed each of their names, and indicated no particular form of ownership. What form of ownership are they presumed to have taken?
tenancy by entireties
Joint tenancy with right of survivorship
tenancy in common
in severalty
The grantor is conveying an interest that is less than a fee simple absolute. This explanation of the extent of ownership will be found in the.
seisin
granting clause
habendum clause
exceptions and reservations
A title insurance policy that protects the interest of a mortgagee is called
A leasehold policy
In lender’s policy
A certificate of sale policy
an ALTA policy
In real estate, a sales associate is always
it independent contractor
An employee of a licensed broker
A licensee who Performs Real estate activities on behalf of a broker
Combination, office, manager, marketer, and organizer, with a fundamental understanding of the real estate industry, who may or may not be licensed
individual who is authorized and consents to represent the interest of another person is
Customer
Principal
Agent
facilitator
Who are the parties to a listing agreement
buyer and seller
seller and broker
seller and sales associate
buyer and sales associate
which of these would permit a law enforcement officer to seize and sell a debtors property?
lis pendants
satisfaction of judgment
writ of execution
writ of attachment
which of these is a general, statutory, and involuntarily on both real and personal property?
Federal Tax lien
Mechanic lien
Special assessment
customer loan lien
A term that is used in a deed of trust
Lien theory
Unsecured, promissory note
Satisfaction of mortgage
Release deed
The primary mortgage market lenders that have most recently branched out into making mortgage loans are
Credit union
endowment funds
Insurance companies
savings associations
A loss in the value of a property improvement for any reason is
Functional obsolescence
Depreciation
External obsolescence
physical deterioration
Rights or privileges that are connected with real property
appurtenance
improvement
not conveyed with the real estate
Restricted to air and water, right
which of the following is a test to identify a fixture?
Size of the item
Wealth of the parties
Cost of the Item
adaptation of the item to the real estate
which of the following best defines the law of agency
Selling of another property by a property license brokerage company
Principles that govern conduct in business
Rules and regulations defining the responsibilities of a person who Act as an agent for another
examination requirement of a state licensing agency
A real estate broker sold a home to empire after telling the buyer that the foundation was solid as a rock when the broker knew for fact that it was slowly sinking into the landfill on which it was built. Now that the sale is completed, which of the following is most likely to happen to the real estate broker?
revocation of licensee for failure to disclose a material fact
Be charged with negligent misrepresentation
Successful defense against our charges based on loyalty to the broker client seller
Suit to recover money, damages, experience by the buyer due to basement leakage
in licensed real estate, sales associate has a written agreement with the employee broker, indicating that the sales associate will not be treated as an employee the sales associate income is solely from commission the IRS will most likely considered the sales associate
A real estate assistant
Self-employed
Employee
A sub agent
assume that the listing and seller brokers split a commission evenly what is the sales price of the property if the listing broker receives $2612.50 and the total commission rate is 5.5%?
$47,500
$95,000
$104,500
$287,375
which of the following is not a type of listing contract?
open
exclusive agency
Exclusive right to sell
MLS
The process by which government government acquired ownership of private land for public use is
condemnation
escheat
Eminent Domain
doctrine of public acquisition
A real estate buyer wants to ensure that the Property can be willed to her family members. Which form of ownership would the buyer want?
conventional life estate
Joint tenancy
License
Fee simple state
a tax lien on the property can hinder its sale because it is
A monetary charge that the purchaser must Satisfy
an appurtenance that does not affect the title
And encroachment
And encumbrance
Which of the following is the best way to ensure that there are no Encroachments and verify the boundaries of a parcel of land?
Write in legal description
Find the monuments
Get a spot survey
Verify the benchmark
A primary feature of property held in joint tenancy is that
maximum of two people can own the real estate
The fractional interest of the owners can be different
There is a right or survivorship
additional owners may be added later
A trust that is established after death of the owner is called
Testamentary trust
Trust by will
Beneficial trust
living trust
A standard rectangular Survey system, section contains
36 Township
160 government lots
160 acres
640 acres
after real estate has been sold by the state or county to satisfy delinquent tax lien defaulted owners usually have a right to
redeem the property within the time specified by law
Have a sale canceled by paying back to tax and penalties
Pay the creditors directly, and have their liens removed
Record a notice of non-responsibility for the unpaid taxes
which of the following is a lien on real estate?
Recorded mortgage
Easements
encroachment
restrictive convenant
The statue of fraud required real estate contracts to be
Recorded at the courthouse
No longer than 10 pages
Verbal to be enforceable
in writing to be enforceable
when a prospective buyer makes a written purchase offer that the seller accepts the
buyer may take possession of the real estate
buyer receives equitable title to the property
seller grants, the buyer possessory rights
buyer receives legal title to the property
The seller conveyed a quickclaim deed to the buyer. Upon receipt of the deed, the buyer may be certain that
all of the sellers interest in the property, if any, belongs to the buyer
The seller owned the property
There are no encumbrances against the property
The buyer now owns a property subject to certain claim of the seller
which of the following is a voluntary alienation of the property?
adverse possession
Condemnation
Owner sale
foreclosure
which of the following is an involuntary alienation of property?
quitclaim
Inheritance
Condemnation
Gift
A suit to quiet title refers to
The removal of a cloud on the title by court action
A title insurance company search of the title
A mortgagor relinquishing title after foreclosure
The deposit of a title with an escrow agent
when a mortgage loan has been paid in full, it is important for the borrower to be sure that
The paid note is placed in a safe deposit box
A deed of partial reconveyance is received
The paid mortgage is returned to the lender
satisfaction of mortgage is recorded
any of the following clauses in a loan agreement enable the lender to demand the entire remaining debt be paid immediately EXCEPT
A due on sale clause
an acceleration clause
A defeasance cause
alienation clause
what would it cost to put new carpeting in a room measuring 18‘ x 20‘ if the carpet cost $16.95 per square yard, plus a $250 insulation charge
$589
$928
$1365
$6352
a proration of any paid utility charges is reflected at closing, in which of the following ways
debt to the seller, credit to the buyer
Debit to the buyer only
Credit to the seller only
Debit to the buyer, credit to the seller
A house sold for $215,000. The lifting brokerage received a 6% commission on the sale. How much does the listing brokerage receive?
$3585
$12,900
$6450
$12,300
