Describe Real Estate Flashcards

1
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Clearly defining property rights and property boundaries are addressed by a

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Land Survey

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2
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City, state and zipcode of property

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Street Address

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3
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Area, dimensions and description used to detail the location of a property and its boundaries

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Legal Description

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4
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professional, on-site measurement of the lot lines and dimensions of a property

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Survey

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5
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A survey includes improvements (such as a house) on the property or any encroachments

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True

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6
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Three of the most common legal description systems

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Lot and block

Metes and bounds

Rectangular government survey system

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7
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Uses monuments, compass headings and directions

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Metes and bounds

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8
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Mainly used in urban and suburban areas

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Lot and block

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9
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Divides land into six-mile-square townships that can be further divided

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Rectangular government survey

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10
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A permanent physical marker that is either man-made or natural

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Monument

These are frequently used in Metes and bounds

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11
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Direction and distance of a line forming the boundary of a property.

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Metes

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12
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Physical features that define the boundaries of the land

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Bounds

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13
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Where the survey begins and from this point you follow the legal description information to uncover property boundaries.

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Point Of Beginning

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14
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Either a rectangular or metes and bounds description is referenced.

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Lot and Block Process

First step

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15
Q

The land is divided into lots with numerical designations of the parcel

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Lot and Block Process

Second step

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16
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The starting point for a lot and block survey

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Either a metes and bounds or a rectangular survey description

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17
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Includes numbered or lettered blocks and lots - along with lot measurements or distances

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Lot and block system

18
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Regulated by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management

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Rectangular Government Survey System

19
Q

Divides land into townships and further into sections and fractions of sections

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Rectangular Government Survey System

20
Q

Consists of 36 one-square-mile sections

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Township

21
Q

Consists of 640 Acres

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Section

22
Q

North-south line that run through the initial point

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Principal meridian

23
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North-south line that DO NOT run through the initial point

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Range lines

24
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East-west lines that DO NOT run through the initial point

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Township lines

25
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East-west lines that run through the initial point

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Base Lines

26
Q

Equal to 640 acres

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1 square mile

27
Q

Legal descriptions read from

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Right to Left

28
Q

Where the legal description appears

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Survey

29
Q

Visual depiction of location and dimensions of a property

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Survey sketch

30
Q

Location, size and shape of improvements on a property

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Spot survey

31
Q

The first step in the land survey process

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Research historical records

32
Q

Transfer, subdivision, combining or modifying property can be reason for a

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Survey

33
Q

Horizontal elevation that a datum references

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zero elevation

34
Q

vertical datum references a specific distance from any

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Horizontal elevation

35
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Metes and bounds system uses this to develop a property’s legal description

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Compass headings and directions

36
Q

A survery that includes a legal description and a survey sketch

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What a land surveyor produces

37
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How are fence posts, iron stakes, pine trees used in the metes and bounds system?

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Can be used as points of beginning

38
Q

Legal description uses compass headings and directions?

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Metes and bounds

39
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The oldest type of legal description used in the U.S.

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Metes and bounds

40
Q

Detailed map of a subdivision that includes boundaries, measurements and distances between points

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Plat map

41
Q

Datums and benchmarks measure

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Elevations

42
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To develop a property’s legal description, the lot and block system uses

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Plat references