Interest Ans Estates Flashcards
Bundle of rights
Rights to possess, use, transfer, encumber, exclude
Undivided interest
And owners interest in a property in which two or more parties share ownership the term undivided and indivisible signify that the owners interest is in a fractional part of the interstate not in a physical portion of the real property itself
Examples of interest include
An owner who enjoys the complete bundle of rights
A tenant who temporarily enjoys the right to use and exclude
A lender who enjoys the right to encumber the property over the life of a mortgage loan
A repairman who encumbered the property when the owner fails to pay for services
A buyer who prevents an owner from selling the property to another party under the terms of the sale contract
A mining company which temporarily owns the right to extract medals for the property subsurface
Or utility company which claims access to the property in accordance with an easement
A local municipality which has the right to control how an owner uses the property
Encumbrance
Enables a non-owning party to restrict the owners bundle of rights example tax liens mortgages easements and encroachments
Public interest
Police power or the right of the local or county government to zone. Example is right to acquire ownership through the power of eminent domain
Eastate in land
And interest that includes the right of possession interstate is a freehold or leasehold estate
Freehold estate
The duration of the owners rights cannot be determined the right may endure for a lifetime for less than a lifetime or generations beyond the owners life
Leasehold estate
Is distinguished by its specific duration as representative by the lease term
Tenancies
Leasehold in freehold estates are also referred to as Tenacies. The owner of a Freehold tenant and the renter or leasee is the leasehold tenant
Fee simple estate
Freehold estate is the highest form of ownership interest one can acquire in real estate. It includes the complete bundle of rights and the tenancy is unlimited except they are subject to government restrictions and private interest
Two forms of fee simple are absolute and defensible
Absolute or fee simple absolute
The fee simple absolute estate is a perpetual state that is not conditioned by stipulated or restricted uses it may be passed on to Heirs. Most desired estate, most common mostly obtained in Residential real estate
Fee simple defensible
The defensible fee estate is perpetual provided the usage conforms to state conditions. Characteristics are:
The property must be used for certain purposes or conditions
If the used changes or if prohibited conditions are present the estate reverts back to the previous grantor of the estate
Determinable
Determinable estate usage limitations if the restrictions are violated the state automatically reverts to the grantor or heirs
Condition subsequent
If any condition is violated the previous owner may repossess the property however a reversion of the estate is not automatic; The grantor must retake physical possession within a certain timeframe
Life tenant
A freehold state that is limited in duration to the life of the owner or other named person. Upon the death of the estate passes to the original owner or another named party
Reminder
If a life estate name is a third-party to receive title to the property upon termination of life estate the party enjoys future interest call reminder interest reminder estate. The owner is called remainderman
Reversion
If no reminder state is established the estate reverts to The original owner or owners Heirs. In this case the owner retains a recessionary interest or estate
Two types of life estate
Conventional and legal