Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams - Softcover

Friedman Ph.D., Jack P.; Lindeman Ph.D., J. Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438007450 ISBN 13: 9781438007458

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series, 2016

Synopsis

This study guide and test preparation manual has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements.

• Explains all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds, appraisals, brokerage, leasing, mortgages, federal regulation of Fair Housing, Truth-in-Lending, and environmental matters
• Presents more than 1,600 practice questions similar to those found on licensing exams, including 9 model tests
• All questions answered and explained

The authors, who are experienced brokers and teachers, have included an extensive glossary of real estate terms that include practical examples.

About this title

About the Author

JACK P. FRIEDMAN, CPA, PhD, MAI, is the principal of Jack P. Friedman Associates, LLC, a real estate economics consulting firm. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including Barron's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms and Real Estate Handbook, each in their fifth edition.

ROMAN L. WEIL, PhD, CMA, CPA, is V. Duane Rath Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He has coedited four professional reference books for McGraw-Hill, Simon & Schuster, Prentice Hall, and John Wiley & Sons and has coauthored a dozen textbooks. He has published over eighty articles in academic and professional journals.

From the Inside Flap

Table of Contents:
Preface
PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO REAL ESTATE
1 How to Use This Book
2 Definitions of Real Estate Terms
3 Fundamentals of Real Estate Law

PART 2: REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
4 Agency Law
5 State Real Estate License Law
PART 3: REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS
6 Introduction to Contracts
7 Description of Land
8 Contracts of Sale
9 Deeds
10 Leases and Property Management
11 Listings and Buyer Agency Agreements
12 Other Real Estate Contracts
PART 4: REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS

13 Mortgages and Finance
14 Appraisals
15 Appraising Income Property
16 Taxation and Assessment
17 Real Estate Investment

18 Real Estate Mathematics and Problem Solving
19 Closing Statements
PART 5: FEDERAL LAW AFFECTING REAL ESTATE

20 Fair Housing Law
21 Truth-in-Lending Law
22 Subdividing, Building and Development, Land Use Controls, Environmental Matters
PART 6: REAL ESTATE LICENSING EXAMINATIONS
23 Examination

Preparation
24 Model Examinations
Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1438007450
• ISBN 13: 9781438007458
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 672