Chapter 04 - Authorized Relationships: Duties & Disclosures (P06) Flashcards
Unwritten law that is derived from court decisions that tend to reflect the attitudes of the community
Common Law
Penalty imposed by civil courts that is typically determined by measurable loss
Compensatory Damages
Penalty imposed by civil courts that imposes addition damages to punish the party whose actions gave cause for the suit
Punitive Damages
Law, enforceable in court, that is based on written statutes that have been enacted by a unit of the government
Statutory Law
Law that gives the FREC the ability to levy monetary fines for violation of Commission rules
Administrative Law
Law enacted by the Florida legislature that is intended to protect the public by the regulation real estate and appraisal licensees
Statutory Law (F.S. 475)
Law that addresses the rights, duties, and related obligations that arise from an individual that is authorized and entrusted to work on behalf of his or her employer and represents the best interests of that employer
Agency Law
Agent’s employer in an agency relationship
Principal
Agent authorized by the principal to perform a single act defined in the employment contract
Special Agent
Agent authorized by power of attorney to act for and represent the principal in all matters, without limitation
Universal Agent
Agent with the principal’s authority to act for him or her on a continuing basis, but with authority limited to a specific trade of business
General Agent
Party who has been granted authority to act on behalf of another agent and has the same duties to the principal as the agent who was employed by the principal
subagent
Agency that exists when a broker is employed under a single agency listing for the sale of a property and is authorized to locate a purchaser on behalf of the owner
The broker is a Special Agent of the owner for the single act of locating a purchaser
Relationship that exists when a broker gives permission to a sales associate to transact real estate on the broker’s behalf
Subagent of the broker’s principal and has the same duties to the principal as the broker
The Act (legislation) that specifies and defined the relationship between a broker and the broker’s employer and disclosure requirements in residential real estate transactions
Brokerage Relationship Disclosure Act (BRDA)
A member of the public who is NOT represented in a single agency relationship
Customer
A broker who represents, as a fiduciary, either the buyer or the seller, but not both in the same transaction
Single Agent
The party with whom a real estate licensee has entered into a single agent relationship with
Principal
A broker who provides limited representation to a buyer, a seller, or both, in a real estate transaction
Transaction Broker
Agency relationship created by a broker who represents both the buyer and seller in a transaction as a single agent
(Illegal) Dual Agency
Residential sales transaction
- Sale of improved residential property of 4 units or fewer
- Sale of unimproved residential property of 4 units or fewer
- Sale of agricultural properties of ten acres or fewer
Purpose of the “Consent to Transition to Transaction Broker” disclosure notice
Transition from Single Agent to Transaction Broker
Written disclosure notices required
- Consent to Transition to Transaction Broker
- No Brokerage Relationship (Notice of Non-representation)
- Single Agent
The only disclosure notice that must be signed by the principal
Consent to Transition to Transaction Broker
Time period required to keep copies of disclosure documents for residential sales transactions that result in a written sales contract
Five years from the date of execution (regardless of whether the transaction closes or not)
Three authorized forms of representation
- Transaction Broker
- Single Agent
- Non-representation (no brokerage relationship)