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Real Estate Finance
Discover what every well-informed real estate broker must know
about private lending and carryback sales — including types
of notes and trust deeds, their provisions, as well as seller
financing schemes.
PLUS MORE... the
foreclosure process, private and judicial, FHA, VA and Cal-Vet
loans, private mortgage insurance and related tax aspects. No
math involved.
Real Estate Legal
Aspects
The ownership and conveyancing in California of estates and
licenses held in real estate. All vestings including rights
of survivorship, living trusts and the LLC for real estate syndication.
INCLUDES . . . clouds
on title, slander of title, partition by co-owners, adjacent
owner disputes, water rights, public trust of water, common
driveways, easements, encroachments, nuisances, preliminary
title reports and title insurance.
Real Estate Property
Management
The detailed and exacting rules of leasing and renting both
residential and non residential income properties are examined
and applied in hundreds of vivid landlord/tenant situations
encountered daily by owners, managers and leasing agents.
PLUS . . . all forms
and notices required to establish management and leasing agencies;
to create, manage and terminate tenancies; and to preserve rent
obligations for enforcement.
Real Estate Economics
The economics of a parcel of real estate are characterized in
light of land use patterns, supply and demand factors, forces
driving the housing sector, business cycle influences on non-residential
income properties, and local demographics, and are based on
principles ranging from national monetary and taxing polices
to local use restrictions and cyclical national, regional and
local economics.
Real Estate Appraisal
The science of evaluating the worth of real estate interests
whether for price, rent or loan, in a requisite to sales, mortgage
and leasing transaction. Appraisal theory and practice is a
review of real estate characteristics establishing or diminishing
value, the many approaches to valuation, computer access to
on-line data and establishing an opinion of value.
Mortgage Loan
Brokering
Loan brokerage is the activity of arranging real estate secured
loans made by private or institutional lenders to buyers or
owners of real estate, as well as the making of real estate
loans by brokers. The activities include employment of the broker,
disclosures, loan applications, appraisal and credit report
analysis, documentation, trust deed sales and syndication, servicing
and reporting.
Real Estate Practice
The use of forms to make disclosures, present an analysis or
enter into an agreement on any aspect of a real estate related
transaction is the essence of real estate practice. Each form
is presented as a checklist of items and provisions to be considered
when using the form, subject to guidelines and rules for their
use
Real Estate Principles
Real Estate Principles is a general course which reviews the numerous basic concepts all prospective real estate agents need to know before taking the state licensing exam, including the fundamentals of estates, transfers, forms of ownership, encumbrances, agency obligations, landlord-tenant relationships, listings, purchase agreements, and title insurance.
Also covered are the various financial arrangements used in real estate transactions and escrow instructions for closing, as well as basic appraisal methods.
Real Estate License Preparation
If you really want
to pass the California state broker exam, this book will truly
help you make the 75% grade on your first try. The extensive
multiple choice questions presented for review are weighted
between subjects as imposed by DRE.
PLUS . . . knowing
how to take multiple choice exams and avoid detractors is part
of the preparation. |
