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A tenant installs a walk-in freezer bolted to the floor for a grocery store. What is it?
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Which document is used to transfer a chandelier that the seller removes before closing?
First word in the name of a survey legal description that traces a parcel's perimeter by distances, compass bearings, and terminal points from a point of beginning.
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Which fixture test is most important when there is a dispute?
1031 Exchange
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1. A 1031 exchange is a tax-deferred transaction under IRC Section 1031 that allows real estate investors to sell an investment property and reinvest the proceeds in a "like-kind" property while deferring capital gains tax…
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A tenant grows annual crops on rented farmland and the lease ends. What happens to the crops?
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Financial encumbrance that makes specific real property security for the payment of a debt or discharge of an obligation, such as a mortgage or unpaid property tax.
Abstract of Title
1. An abstract of title is a condensed history of all recorded documents affecting a property's ownership, including deeds, mortgages, liens, and other encumbrances, used to verify clear title before a real estate transact…
Due Diligence Explained
Which characteristic explains why two identical houses can sell for very different prices in different neighborhoods?
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Joint Tenancy
Which physical characteristic explains why land use planning and zoning are so important?
Form of co-ownership by two or more persons in which each holds an equal undivided share and a right of survivorship that passes a deceased owner's interest to the survivors.
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Which term describes the most profitable legal use of a property?
Accretion
1. Accretion is the gradual and imperceptible addition of land to a property through natural deposits of soil, sand, or sediment by water action, with the new land becoming the property of the landowner.
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Tenancy in Common
A new light rail stop is planned near a neighborhood. This is an example of what type of externality?
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Colloquial short term for a real property estate that combines separate fee ownership of an individual unit space with an undivided interest in the common elements.
Adverse Possession
1. Adverse possession is a legal doctrine that allows someone to claim ownership of land after occupying it openly, continuously, and without permission for a statutory period, typically ranging from 5 to 20 years dependin…
Which legal description method uses a recorded subdivision map with lot and block numbers?
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Tenancy by the Entirety
A section in the rectangular survey system contains how many acres?
Local municipal or county enactment that divides a jurisdiction into districts and specifies the permitted uses, heights, and setbacks of property in each area.
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A legal description that starts at a point of beginning and uses distances and directions is:
Agency (Real Estate)
1. Agency is a legal relationship where a real estate agent (agent) is authorized to act on behalf of a client (principal) in a real estate transaction.
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