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Real estate prep nj
Nj real estate prep
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rights that go along with land to new owner unless stated otherwise | Appurtenances |
| Rights to minerals under the land | Mineral rights |
| Right to sell air space over his or her land | Air rights |
| Adding to the property that increases value | Improvements |
| Land with no man made improvements | Raw land |
| The land and the rights that go along with the land | Real estate |
| Extends from the earths surface to the center of the earth to the air above | Land |
| Moveable property | Personal property |
| Limitations put on the use of land by a grantor unless a grantee agrees to take it off it will be there forever | Deed restrictions |
| If you don't keep building up to code bank can force you to fix it or | Forclose |
| Property owner offering real estate as collateral for debt | Mortgage |
| The owner conveys to tenant the right to use his property | Lease |
| The borrower in mortgage | Mortgagors |
| The lender in a mortgage | Mortgagee |
| Rights of water that can be bought or leased from the bureau of marine lands management | Riparian rights |
| Regulated activities in designated wetlands | The wetlands act of 1970 |
| Water that is Owned by state that is managed by government | Navigable waters |
| Personal property (water) | Non navigable waters |
| Legal right that one has to use land of another for a special purpose | Easement |
| Right to drive in and out | Deed reservation |
| 90% of railroads are | Easements |
| When continuous action is done | Implied easement |
| Easement attached to land (real estate) | Easement appertance |
| Easement attached to a person (individual or LLC) | Easement in gross |
| Dominate interest right (Person A) | Owner of easement |
| Survivor interest right (Person B) | Owner of land |
| Things that affect quality of ownership | Incombrences |
| An easement where you cannot do an action | Negative easement |
| And easement where you can do something | Affirmative easement |
| An easement where someone uses another land for 30 years or more | Prescription |
| Taking of public property for public use | Condemnation |
| A map on file at the records office showing boundaries and locations | Plat |
| When a land owner subdivides his land into lots blocks streets and alleys | Sale by subdivision plat |
| Gift of real estate to the community | Dedication |
| And road or parking lot needs to have a | Catch basin to catch rain fall |
| To get rid of an easement | Termination of easement |
| One can't have an easement of own property | Merger |
| What is true of any contract | Anything that is says |
| When an easement is created for a specific purpose and that purpose is no longer needed | Termination of purpose |
| Privlage that can be taken back | License |
| Encroachment can only be figured out with a | Survey |
| Both ones are equally responsible for the cost of its building | Party wall |
| Ownership and intest | Estate |
| An right that one has in property and is less than an estate | Intrest |
| Having enough quantity to move in for at least the rest of your life (an indefinite period of time) | Freehold estate |
| To move in for less than a life time / for a fixed period of time | Leasehold estate |
| Tangible property may be seen or touched (building,tree) | Corporeal property |
| Property that is intangible (easement) | Incorporeal |
| Any lease with a beginning and end date | Tenancy for years / estate for years |
| Beginning date with protected period of time but no end date (monthly to monthly) | Period tendency |
| No beginning or end date (day to day) | Tenancy at will |
| Need a court date to get someone out | Tenancy at sufferance |
| To Have ownership with a deed that was written by attorney (highest quantity of real estate ) | Fee simple absolute |
| Ownership that has consigns that Stays with the house ( example:can't marry) | Fee simple on condition |
| Contract was broken don't have to go to court | Fee simple determinable |
| Has the ability to live there as long as long as they are alive | Life tenant |
| When someone dies the property goes to the children | Reversion |
| When someone dies the property will go to someone else named | Remainder |
| When property is left "on the life of another" | Put autre ve |
| No new dower and curtesy can be created in New Jersey since | May 28th 1980 |
| Wife receives half part of all lands during time of marriage | Dower |
| Husband receives half part of all lands during time of marriage | Curtesy |
| If there is no will property will pass to the decendent heirs by the state | Law of descent |
| Replaced dower and curtesy | Right of possession |
| Tendency by entirety are | Married |
| Joint tendency are | Not married |
| Only your name of the deed (severalty) | Fee simple absolute |
| Identical rights in married couples with survivorship | Tendency in entirety |
| Both own their own part with no survivorship | Tendency in common |
| The business owner owns all business priorities and carries all business using his or her legal name | Sole propertorships |
| Limited liability companies | LLC |
| These allow investors to invest in real estate | Real estate investment trusts |
| Investment to big for 1 company | Joint venture |
| Developer created non profit organization | Co Op |
| Voluntary agreement between two or more legally competent parties inforced by the law | Contract |
| What makes a contract valid | Offer and acceptance , consideration, competent parties(both 18) , reality of consent (both signed and agree) legal object |
| Contact needs to be in writing (used to protect from fraud and perjury ) | Statue of frauds |
| Time frame contract is inforced | Statue of limitations |
| Ungrossly unfair or unjust contract to one side | Unconscionable |
| What contract always needs to be in writing | Listing contract , contracts for sale of business , deed |
| Contracts where only 1 person could be sued and follows contract (example: deed) | Unilateral |
| Both parties are making a promise / both sign / both could be sued in contract | Bilateral |
| A contract that satisfies all legal requirement | Valid contract |
| A contract that not can be enforced | Unenforceable contract |
| A contract that puts parties to work | Executory contract |
| A contract created with words (written or verbal) | Expressed |
| Contract with actions not words | Implied contracts |
| The absense of an element in a contract makes it | Voidable |
| Contracts of sale need ___ day attorney review | 3 |
| Contract of sale signed by 1 party | Offer |
| If an offer is not accepted 100% it is | Terminated |
| signed by 2 parties | Contract |
| Person making an offer | Offeror |
| Person accepting an offer | Offeree |
| Knowingly and willingly signed contract | Reality of consent |
| Both parties are wrong (void contract) | Mutual mistake |
| One person is wrong (voidable) | Unilateral mistake |
| Unintentional mistake | Misrepresentation |
| Intentional mistake | Fraud |
| One party takes atvantage of another | Undue influence |
| Compelling person by fear | Duress |
| Contract with legal purpose is | Void |
| What is property | Survey and boundary lines |
| Giving rights | Assignor |
| Receiving rights | Assignee |
| Written contract support by consideration (money) | Options |
| In a real estate sales contract the seller is the | Vendor |
| In a real estate contract the buyer is the | Vendee |
| The iris rules require all business organizations to report the receipt of more than | $10,000 |
| Deposit apron signing of contract of sale | Ernst money deposit |
| Signed contract of sale is not valid until after | Attorney 3, day review |
| Recision of contract | Buyer and seller walk away. Everyone actually contract didn't exist |
| Compensatory damages | Showing how much was loss (money) |
| Specific purpose | Judge forcing one side to comply with the contract |
| Real estate agents can write up contracts for | 1 to 4 family dwellings and vacant one family lots involving transactions in which broker has fee or commission leases for residential dwellings of a term of one year or more |
| Leases with a term of less than a year don't need | Attorney review |
| Penalties for not complying with attorney review requirements | Jail up to 6 months / fined 1000 / loss of license |
| Law that tells who works for who | Law of agency |
| Difference between agent and employee | Agent has fiduciary duties |
| Buyer to seller contract | Listing contract |
| Seller to buyer contract | Buyer agency |
| Landlord to tenant contract | Contract |
| Tenant to landlord contract | Mgmt |
| Real estate broker to salesperson contract | Employment contract |
| Principal to attorney in fact contract | POA |
| Legal relationship between 2 parties who agrees one party will act on behalf of the other party | Agency |
| Relationship between agent and broker | Broker is principal salesperson is agent |
| Agent who acts with limited authority | Special agent |
| Representing both buyer and seller (disclosed is illegal) | Duel agency |
| Real estate agents can be liable for treble damages for repeating to a buyer misinformation | Consumer fraud act |
| 5 buisness relationships | Seller's agent. Buyers agent. Disclosed dual agent. Transaction broker. Seller's agent and transaction broker on others. |
| Principal or grantor gives authority to person called | Attorney In fact |
| You receive brokers compensation when you | Find a willing and able buyer |
| Real estate agents can not give legal advice only tell them to consult with an | Attorney |
| Written agreement with property owner where owner lists his property for sale with the broker | Listing contract |
| Seller gives listing to multiple brokerages also has right to sell property themselves and pay no brokerage | Open listing |
| One broker / only the right to sell a property for a specific time but gives owner right to tell property themselves - may not get commission | Exclusive agency listing |
| Contract which makes the broker the sole and exclusive agent for the seller for a definitive time - definitely get commission | Exclusive right to sell |
| Owners orally authorizes a broker to sell or rent his property | Oral listing |
| Owner specifies a net price he wants for his property and any amount over agent keeps for commission / ILLEGAL | Net listing |
| each broker pools his listings bring them to th attention of other member brokers - within 48 hours | Mls |
| Only way to get out of putting a listing into MLS is to have the seller sign a | Waiver of broker cooperation |
| Written instrument which transfers real property from a grantor to grantee | Deed |
| Deeds can be transferred in what 4 ways | Decent , will, involuntary alienation, voluntary alienation |
| Deed passed on without will | Intestate |
| Transfer of deed with will | Testste |
| Transfer of deed without owners consent | Involentary alienation |
| Transfer of deed with owners consent | Voluntary alienation |
| Deed received by will | Divisie |
| Deed received by laws of decent | Distribute |
| Debts against property | Leins |
| Deed where seller takes responsibility for everything that happened while they owned | Bargain and sale deed |
| Deed where if I open the property I convey it to you | Quit claim deed |
| Deed with covent of seison | Warranty deed |
| Recording the deed puts it in the | Register of deeds office |
| Matching of grantors to grantees | Chain of ownership |
| Summery or report of findings | Abstract of title |
| Good title is | Clean |
| A bad title is | Cloudy |
| In a promissory note the lender | Obligee |
| Obligor | |
| Tangible property that is not real property | Personal property |
| Limitations on property rights can be | Government (involuntary) or contractual (voluntarily) |
| Government limitations on property | Police power , eminent domain , taxation,escheat |
| Limitation on property rights | Taxation |
| Zoning laws are what form of limitation on property | Police power |
| If you die with no will your property goes to state is what | Escheat |
| 4 contractual limitations on properties | Restrictions on deed,easements ,leases , mortgage |
| Easement vs license | Easement can go on forever license can be revoked |
| Only need both signatures of couple to sell if property is the marital home | Right of possession |
| Judge forcing someone to do something to prevent breach of contract | Specific performance |
| Remedy for breach | Compensatory damages ,recession of contract ,specific performance |
| How can you avoid the three-day attorney review | Have an attorney draw up your contract of sale |
| Owner gives deed to lender | deed in lieu |
| Foreclosure without the sale deed in Lou; abandonment | Strict foreclosure |
| Anytime the net proceeds aren't sufficient funds enough owner still owed on the mortgage | Short sale |
| Tendency for years were parcel of real property is leased for a long time (they are normally 45 55 70 or 90 years ) | Ground leases |
| Any lease with a start date and end date | Estate for years |
| Elise were a tenant pays in addition to the fixed-rate all of the property expenses which normally would be paid by owner | Net lease |
| Tenant only pays rent landlord pays all expenses | Gross lease |
| Pay a monthly rent but no landlord a percentage of the gross | Percentage lease |
| Allows landlord to cancel lease if the volume of business falls below a stated fixed minimum | Recapture clause |
| Give surface lease to company or person that can extract oil and or gas from land | Oil and gas lease |
| If landlord expenses go up substantially landlord has the right to make tenants expenses go up | Escalator clause |
| In residential leases you can't ask for more than this much for a security deposit | A month and a half other than the first month |
| Estimate or opinion of a value of real estate | Appraisal |
| What did the property sell for | Market price |
| What should a property sell for | Market value |
| Putting properties together is called | Assemblage |
| An exact duplicate of the property with the same materials | Reproduction |
| A duplicate of the property with new materials | Replacement |
| Four things that determine the value of a property | Demand, utility, limitation, transferability |
| The mortgagee or the lender has the right to obtain his or her debt through | Foreclosure |
| This clause allows a lender to demand immediate payment of the entire loan if the borrower defaults | Acceleration clause |
| This clause provides the right of the mortgage will come to an end if and when the debt is repaid in full | Defeasance clause |
| Clause stating that the mortgage your keep the property insured to protect against windstorm fire etc. on an amount at least equal to its value | Insurance clause |
| A tax paid by the buyer on a property that is more than $1 million | Luxury tax |
| To pledge property as collateral for maintaining possession of the property | Hypothecate |
| Lack of honesty and good character | Civil fraud |
| Law that says if you are convicted of a crime within five years you cannot get a real estate license | License law |
| Someone taking estate by the court | Administrators |
| Someone taking a state by will | Executor |
| Licenses expire | Every 2 years on June 30th |
| If a broker fires a sales person for a cause the broker must notify the real estate commissioner in writing by how much time | Immediately |
| When I broke a receives an advance fee for advertising a listed property he must | He must put the money in his client trust account |
| How long must a broker keep documents | Six years or if a lease was not go through the terminator only six months |
| If a real estate sales person leaves a brokerage all of the listings do sales person leaves a brokerage all of the listings do it what | Stay with the brokerage |
| Normally the amount of commission to be paid is decided by | The seller and broker |
| Does lead paint need to be disclosed to the buyer if yes when | Yes , always |
| Who can a sales person to receive compensation from | His or her employing broker |
| Compensation in the event of a certain event | indurance |
| The brokers desk cost is based upon | Total operating expense of the office divided by the number of sales persons |
| Who is never a solution to a commission dispute | The real estate commissioner |
| What Law would a real estate license be violating if they set fix commission rates | Anti-trust laws |
| When does a judgment become a judgment lien | When the abstract of judgment is recorded |
| And mortgage loan broker needs what | A real estate license |
| [T]he fiduciary relation which results from the manifestation of consent by one person to another that the other person shall act in his behalf and is subject to his control; and consent by the other so to act. | agent |
| An agency relationship based on an express or implied agreement that the agent will act for the principal. | Agency by Agreement/Contract |
| A confirmation by the principal of an act or contract performed or entered into on his or her behalf by another, who assumed, without authority, to act as his or her agent. | Agency by Ratification |
| If a principal (NOT THE AGENT) holds out to a third party that another is authorized to act on the principal's behalf, and the third party deals with the other person accordingly | Agency by Estoppel |
| A written document, usually notarized, authorizing an agent to act for a principal | Power of Attorney |
| When a principal requests certain services from an agent, the principal has a duty to pay the agent, in a timely manner, for those services rendered | Compensation |
| Whenever an agent disburses sums of money to fulfill the principal's request or to pay for necessary expenses incurred in the reasonable performance of his or her duties, the principal has the duty to reimburse the agent | Reimbursement |
| A principal has the duty to cooperate with the agent and to assist the agent in performing his or her duties | Cooperation |
| A principal whose identity is known to the third party at the time the agent makes a contract for the principal with the third party. For example, I go in and say I am representing my client, Mr. X, on his behalf. | Disclosed Principal |
| A principal whose identity is not known to the third party, but the third party does know that the agent is representing some principal at the time the agent makes a contract with the third party | Partially Disclosed Principal |
| When neither the fact of agency nor the identity of the principal is disclosed by an agent to the third party at the time a contract is made, the agent is presumed to be acting on his or her own behalf, and will be liable as a party to the contract. | Undisclosed Principal |
| and agency can be terminated by which to things | act of the parties or operation of law |
| an agent is someone employed by a | master |
| plants that last more than 2 years such as trees and shrubs | perennial plants |
| perennial plans are considered what property | real property |
| a contract that gives you the right to buy for a period of time but no obligation to buy is an | option contract |
| An offer that, by its expressed or implied terms, is to remain open for a certain period of time. | firm offer |
| An offeree’s new offer that varies the terms of the original offer and that therefore rejects the original offer. | counteroffer |
| trespassing on the land of another | encroachment |
| concurrently helf property can be divided among the tenants by | partition |
| expressed unilateral contract | deed |
| in a normal listing contract signed by the seller who represents the buyer | the listing broker |
| type of loan in which the borrower uses the equity of his or her home as collateral | A home equity loan |
| ownership of real property (land, buildings and fixtures) that is independent of any superior landlord. | Allodial |
| the owner of the land is and easement is | serviant |
| the owner of the easemement is | dominante |
| the governments right to take private property for public use WITH compensation this act is | eminent domain |
| when a single person owns a complete interest in a property or asset | sole ownership or ownership in severalty or tenancy in severalty |
| when two or more persons share equal, undivided interests in property.When an asset is owned by spouses, the value of the deceased spouse’s property passes to the surviving spouse with no probate and no tax consequences | joint tenancy |
| own an undivided interest in property between two or more people., these interests can be owned in different percentages. | tenancy in common |
| any assets or income obtained during a marriage are not owned solely by either spouse | community property |
| cant sell without the consent both parties and has survivorship | joint tenancy |
| undived intrest , can only have 2 owners , owners must be married, ownership cant be conveyed without the consent of both parties | tenancy by entirety |
| death of a spouse in tenancy in entirety the property goes to | remaining spouce they become tenant in severalty |
| divorce or separation of spouces in tenancy in entirety they become | tenancy in common |
| the rules and regulations of someone that acts of behalf of another | fudiciary duties |
| the greatest interest in a parcel of land that one can possibly own | fee simple absolute |
| A life estate is an interest in real property, which is held for the duration of the life of a designated person | life estate |
| easement in can be created in | necessity, reservation, and prescription |
| every contract of sale must have | offer and acceptance |
| gives the borrower instant cash flow to finance a project’s immediate needs. Bridge loans are temporary, with a term of one year or so, and are normally obtained while the borrower is waiting for long-term financing to come through | bridge loan |
| a loan where the owner must list the commercial property as collateral, even though the loan may be used to save it | hard money loan |
| loan insurance for low income housing | FHA |
| seller retains title but the buyer has equitable title allowing possession while making payments to the seller under contract | contract for deed sale |
| a loan where only the interest is paid during the term and the principle is paid at the end of the term | straight loan |
| mortgages where the interest can be adjusted periodically over time of the term | adjusted-rate mortgage (ARM) |
| lower payments in the first few years of the term for buyers who expect their incomes to increase in later years | graduated payment mortages (GPM) |
| a mortgage in which a large portion of the borrowed principal is repaid in a single payment at the end of the loan period. | balloon mortgage |
| a monetary loan that is repaid in regular payments over a set period of time. | term loan |
| loan where The debtor pays extra money for insurance, real-estate taxes, or other fees beyond the basic payments - principal and interest. | budget loan |
| a written notice that a lawsuit has been filed concerning real estate, involving either the title to the property or a claimed ownership interest in it. | lis pendens |
| a document used in mortgage negotiations to establish facts and financial obligations, such as outstanding amounts due that can affect the settlement of a loan | Estoppel Certificate |
| a multiple-unit dwelling in which there is separate and distinct ownership of individual units and joint ownership of common areas. NOT LEASESED OWNED | Condominiums |
| you become a shareholder in a corporation that owns the property. As a shareholder, you are entitled to exclusive use of a housing unit in the property in this | Co-Op |
| a type of building development and also a regulatory process. As a building development, it is a designed grouping of both varied and compatible land uses, such as housing, recreation, all within one contained development or subdivision. | planned unit development (PUD) |
| a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments. (a house divided into and rented out as separate residences) | tenement |
| the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. | ouster |