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Pearson VUE
Real Estate Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Metes and Bounds | Most used legal description that refers to a point of beginning (POB) and then uses distances and compass direcitons |
| Real Property aka Realty | Land along with its improvements, things attached to it, and the benefits, rights and interests included in its ownership. |
| Chattel | Personal Property/Personalty-Anything that is unattached and moveable, such as furniture. |
| Fixtures | Once-moveable items that have been attached to real property. e.g. sink or ceiling fan |
| Trade Fixture | Fixtures used by business tenants such a display cases or supermarket freezers. Consideered the tenant's removable personal property. |
| Annexation | Term for how, by attachment something that was formerly personal property becomes real property. |
| Accession | Additions to real property from natural causes, such as a riverfront that benefits from a shift in the river's path. |
| Severance | The process of separating a fixture from real property. Also applies to removing "connected" elements such as crops and minerals from the land. |
| Four legal tests for a fixture | 1 Intention 2 Method of Attachment 3 adaptation 4 Relationship/Understanding between Parties |
| Appurtenance | "Runs with the land" or belonging to something else. Rights do not end when the new owner takes titile. |
| Emblements | Crops that a tenant generally owns as personal property and may return to harvest even after a lease expires. |
| Fructus Industraials "Fruits of Industry" | Fruits of growning crops considered personal property. |
| Fructus Naturales "Fruits of Nature" | Tree's & Bushes considered to be real property. |
| "LAND" Includes | Earth's surface, subsurface to the center of the earth, the space overhead and rights to each. |
| Three physical Characteristics of Land | Immobility, permanence (indestructibility), uniqueness. |
| Improvements | Additionss to the property that increase its value or enhance its appearance. |
| Monument | Any number of landmarks that provides a stable point of reference for surveys. They can be natural such as trees, revers or artificial such as stakes, markers, or pins |
| Lot/Block/Tract | System of Property description generally used for Subdivisions. |
| Recorded Plat System | Identifies properties according to a plat map or sometimes even an assessor's map. |
| Assessor's Map (Subdivision) | Shows the specific dimensions of each lot, the access roads, and easments. Almost always have a disclaimer that they are "For Tax Purposes Only." |
| Propety Survey | Determine the accurate location and dimensions of property boundary lines. |
| Acre Size | For test purposes 43,560 Square Feet |
| Assessor's Acre | 40,000 Square Feet |