Chapter 1 Key Terms Flashcards

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RE Professionals

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Individuals and business orgs who main priority is to perform or provide real estate services/functions or duties

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Property Managers (Think about if you had properties that you needed help managing; what all would they help with?)

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Professionals who oversee properties for owners; Maintain property conditions and financial performance; Finding tenants and collecting rent; rehabbing space and constructing new space; ordering repairs and maintaining property

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Asset Managers

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investment is their main objectives of their clients; oversee groups and portfolios; DO NOT deal with day-day operations

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Broker

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performs real estate services for buyers and sellers; locating, negotiating and closing process etc.

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Agent

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a sponsored employee or independent contractor of a broker; hired by principle (broker OR business entity) to perform RE duties and services

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Lenders (Mortgage Bankers)

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Make loans

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Title Company

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Completes “Abstract of Title”- search of records for property in county; handle all disbursements of money

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Appraisers

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trained and licensed to appraise properties for other parties (find the value of property or how much its worth)

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Mortgage Broker

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bring borrowers and lenders together for a fee; DO NOT service loans

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Professional Inspector

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Inspect properties and gives opinions of property conditions; Includes: Structural, Electrical and Mechanical systems

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Surveryors

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licensed to take formal measurements of boundaries, dimensions, and elevations of a parcel (a piece of land) of real estate

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12
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Residential Property

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People own and use for housing; apartments, duplexes, single family homes

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13
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Commercial Property

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Retail or office space; industrial (factories)

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14
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Investment Property

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In property that owners hold for investments

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15
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TREC: Texas RE Commission/ How many members/member break down/who appoints

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administering and enforcing laws; pass regulations to clarify or refine state statues; Administering TRELA; 9 members- 6 brokers, 3 public; governor appoints

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16
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Property Value

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worth of piece of land based on buyer and seller agreement; determined by what market will bear; community factors- nice school districts, highways, strip malls, power plants etc.

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Value

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present worth of future benefits that person could gain from owning real estate

18
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Price

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Amount of money or other asset that buyer has agreed to pay and seller agreed to accept to complete exchange

19
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Market Equilibrium Principle

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demand moves to meet supply and supply moves to meet demand

20
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Unit of Residential Demand

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a household; lease vs buy; house vs apartment

21
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Unit of Commercial (retail/office) & Industrial RE Demand

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square footage; demand for lease space vs. purchase space; improved area rather than total lot area

22
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Supply/Units for Residential, Commercial/Industrial and Agricultural/Influenced by what?

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how much of something is available for sale or lease; dwellings units (residential); sq ft (commercial/industrial), acres (agricultural); influenced by cost (labor), availability of financing, investment returns, govn’t and community regulation and planning

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Demand/ Each measured how- Residential, Commercial/Industrial and Agricultural

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How many people actually want something (supply); households (residential), sq ft (commercial/industrial), acres (agricultural)

24
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ARELLO & it’s responsibility

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Association Real Estate License Law Officials; promotes consistent policies and standards for license law and enforcement of license law

25
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Topics of laws most relevant to agents and brokers

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Agency, Contracts, Disclosure, Environmental Impact, Fair Housing

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Market Equilibrium

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Supply equals demand in market trend

27
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Value is based on what 4 things?

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Scarcity (availability)
Utility (usefulness)
Desire (How much do I want it)
Purchase Power (can afford to pay for it)

28
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If supply goes UP and demand goes DOWN price does what?

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Price decreases

29
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If demand goes UP and supply goes DOWN price does what?

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Price increases

30
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Total Employment includes?

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Base, Secondary and Support

31
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Base Employment

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total number of persons employed in businesses that rep. economic foundations of an area

32
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Education Committee/total members and break down/appointed by who

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12 members; 7 RE members who have been active for at least 5 years, 4 owners or instructors of RE schools; 1 public member; appointed by TREC