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Real Estate Broker21
21st modern real estate edition flash cards
Term | Definition |
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Land | surface, all natural things attached to it, subsurface, and air above the surface |
Real Estate | land + manmade permanent attachments |
Real Property | real estate + bundle of rights |
Physical Characteristics of Real Estate | Immobility; indestructibility; heterogeneity. |
Immobility | Land cannot be moved from one site to another; its location is forever fixed |
Indestructibility | -Land is permanent and cannot be destroyed since by definition it extends below ground and into the sky -Since land is permanent, it does not depreciate -Only improvements depreciate and are insurable |
Non-homogeneity | Land is non-homogeneous; no two parcels of land are exactly the same since they have a different location |
Bundle of Rights made up of | "PUTEE": P ossess U se T ransfer E xclude E ncumber |
Legal Title | Full legal ownership of property and the bundle of rights as they apply to it. Contrasts with equitable title. |
Equitable Title | An interest that gives a lienholder or buyer the right to acquire legal title to a property if certain contractual conditions occur |
Characteristics of Property | property is either real or personal property is either tangible or intangible |
Airspace | air rights |
Surface (Earth) | surface rights |
Subsurface | subsurface or mineral rights |
Doctrine of Prior Appropriation | -State controls water usage -State grants usage permits |
Riparian Rights (Rivers and Streams) | -applies to rivers and streams -if waterway is navigable: owners own land to water’s edge -if waterway is not navigable: owners own land to midpoint of waterway |
Littoral Rights (Lakes and Seas) | -applies to seas and lakes -abutting property owners own to high water mark -state owns underlying land |
Real Property | -land -fixtures -attachments |
Personal Property | -chattels -trade fixtures -emblements |
Differentation criteria for real and personal property | item is real or personal property depending on why, how item is attached to the real estate. Depends on the owners' intention; adaptation; functionality; relationship of parties; contract provisions |
Trade Fixtures | personal property items temporarily attached to real estate in order to conduct business |
Emblements | plants or crops that are considered personal property despite being attached to land |
Conversion | -real to personal property referred to as severance -personal to real property referred to as affixing |