Principles of Real Estate Practice: 6th Edition

Book Synopsis: Principles of Real Estate Practice is a modern learning tool for the student preparing to enter the real estate business as a licensed professional. The textbook contains the essentials of real estate principles, law, and practices taught in real estate schools and colleges across the country, including all those fundamentals that real estate educators, practicing professionals, national testing services, and state licensing officials agree are necessary for basic competence.

Principles of Real Estate Practice covers the national requirements for the initial 30-90+ hours of classroom study, or its equivalent, mandated by state license laws across the country. Principles of Real Estate Practice is tailored to the needs of the pre-license student. Its examples and exercises are grounded in the authors’ fifty combined years in real estate education. The textbook is designed to make it easy for students to learn the material and pass their real estate exams, prepare students for numerous career applications, stress practical, rather than theoretical, skills and knowledge.

Table of Contents

1. The Real Estate Business
2. Rights in Real Estate Interests and Estates
3. Ownership
4. Encumbrances and Liens
5. Transferring and Recording Title to Real Estate
6. Real Estate Leases
7. Land Use Planning and Control
8. Legal Descriptions
9. Real Estate Contract Law
10. Agency Listing Agreements
11. The Brokerage Business
12. Contracts for the Sale of Real Estate
13. Real Estate Market Economics
14. Appraising and Estimating Market Value
15. Real Estate Finance
16. Real Estate Investment
17. Real Estate Taxation
18. Professional Practices
19. Closings
20. Real Estate Licensing and Regulation
21. Risk Management
22. Property Management
23. Real Estate Mathematics and Formulas
24. Glossary of Residential Style and Construction Terms
25. Glossary of General Real Estate Terms
26. Index

We now offer state-specific versions of Principles of Real Estate Practice for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. More coming soon.