Part 2 Flashcards
Real estate
Land, including the air above and the earth below, plus any permanent improvements affecting the utility of the land; real property; property that is not personal property.
Nonconforming use
A commercial activity in which the sale, purchase, leasing, rental, exchange, or management of real property is conducted by qualified and licensed parties acting either for themselves or for others for compensation.
Real estate profession
A profession requiring knowledge of real estate values, experience in dealing with the public, plus exceptional personal integrity and character as qualifications to act as advisors and agents for members of the public.
Real estate services
Real estate activities involving compensation for performing the activities for another.
Real property
Any interest or estate in land, including leaseholds, subleaseholds, business opportunities and enterprises, and mineral rights; real estate.
REALTOR®
A real estate broker who is a member of a local board of REALTORS® and is affiliated with the state association (Florida Association of REALTORS®) and the National Association of REALTORS® (not synonymous with “real estate agent”).
Realty
The substitution of a new party and/or new terms to an existing obligation.
Reasonable time
A variable period of time, which may be affected by market conditions, desires of the owner, supply and demand, fluctuations of values, or an official decision.
Receiver
An independent party appointed by a court to impartially preserve and manage property that is involved in litigation, pending final disposition of the matter before the court.
Receivership clause
A provision in a mortgage, related to income-producing property, that is designed to require that income derived shall be used to make mortgage payments in the event the mortgagor (borrower) defaults.
Recommended order
A determination by an administrative law judge that includes findings and conclusions as well as other information required by law or agency rule to be in a final order.
Reconciliation
The process of weighting the estimates of value derived from the sales comparison, cost, and income approaches to arrive at a final estimate of market value.
Record
To place any document or instrument affecting title or an interest in real property in the public records of the county in which the property is located.
Recovery fund (Real Estate Recovery Fund)
A state-regulated account to cover claims of aggrieved parties who have suffered monetary losses from licensee’s actions.
Recovery period
The assigned time over which property is depreciated for tax purposes.
Rectangular method
(See Government survey system.)
Redemption
To repurchase, to buy back, to recover property used as security for a mortgage by paying the debt. (See also Equity of redemption.)
Open listing
Discriminatory financing by a lending institution.
Registration
Authorization by the state to place an applicant on the register (record) of officially recognized individuals and businesses.
Regression
The principle that states that the value of a superior property is adversely affected by its association with an inferior property of the same type.
REIT
A method of pooling investment money using the trust form of ownership.
Release clause
A provision in a blanket mortgage covering more than one unit of real property that provides for the mortgagor to obtain freedom from the mortgage for each unit when a designated amount has been paid to the mortgagee for each unit.
Reliction
A right or privilege to purchase or lease real property at a specified price during a designated period based on a sufficient consideration.
Remainderman
The party designated to receive an estate at the end of a life estate.
Renunciation
To abandon an acquired right without transferring that right to another.
Replacement cost
The expenditure of constructing a building with current materials and techniques that has the same functional utility as the structure being appraised.
Replacement reserves (reserve for replacements)
A portion of the annual income set aside for covering the cost of major components (e.g., air-conditioning) that wear out faster than the building itself.
Reprimand
An official act of oral and/or written criticism with a formal warning included.
Reproduction cost
Amount required to duplicate the property exactly.
Rescind
To annul, cancel, repeal, or terminate.
Reserve requirements
The amount of funds that an institution must hold in reserve against deposit liabilities.
Residential sale
The sale of improved residential property of four or fewer units, the sale of unimproved residential property intended for use as four or fewer units, or the sale of agricultural property of ten or fewer acres.
Respondent
A person who answers to an informal complaint proceeding prior to being adjudged innocent or being named as a defendant.
Owner’s policy
Any device or action that controls or limits the use of real property.
Restrictive covenants
Conditions placed by developers that affect how the land can be used in an entire subdivision.
Reversion
That portion of the net proceeds from the sale of property that represents the return of the investor’s capital.
Revocation
To cancel, rescind, annul, or make void; the permanent cancellation of a person’s license.
Right of survivorship
A situation by which the remaining joint tenant succeeds to all right, title, and interest of the deceased joint tenant without the need for probate proceedings.
Right-to-use
Stipulates the conditions under which the mortgagee will grant freeing building lots from a mortgage lien upon payment of a certain amount of money.
Riparian rights
Private ownership rights extending to the normal high-water mark along a river or stream and including access rights to water, boating, bathing, and dockage in accordance with state and federal statutes.
Risk
The chance of loss of all or a part of an investment; the uncertainty of financial loss.
Rural Housing Services Administration
An agency of the Department of Agriculture that offers assistance to rural residents and communities.
R-value
A special rating or method of judging the insulating effectiveness of insulation products.
Sale and leaseback
A financing arrangement in which an investor buys property owned and used by a business accompanied by a simultaneous leasing back of the property to the business by the buyer-investor.
Sale contract (deposit receipt contract; purchase agreement; contract for sale and purchase)
An agreement whereby one party agrees to sell and the other party agrees to buy according to the terms set forth.
Sales associate
A licensed individual who, for compensation, is employed by a broker or owner- developer.
Sales comparison approach
A method for estimating the market value of a property by comparing similar properties to the subject property.
Satisfaction of mortgage
A certificate issued by the lender when the debt obligation is paid in full.
Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF)
A federal agency that insures deposits of member savings associations.
Petition for review
A mark, emblem, or impression on a document used to authenticate the document or a signature.
Secondary lender
Agency or financial institution that buys mortgage loans previously made by primary lenders.
Secondary market
A source for the purchase and sale of existing mortgages.
Second mortgage (secondary financing)
A loan that is junior or subordinate to a first mortgage, normally taken out when the borrower needs more money.
Section
One of the primary units of measurement in the government survey system of land description. A section is one mile square and contains 640 acres.
Security
A residential project with mixed land uses and high residential density.
Seisin (seizin)
A covenant in a deed that warrants that the grantor (seller) holds the property by virtue of a fee simple title and has a complete right to dispose of same. Also known as seizin clause.
Seller’s market
The demand for available properties exceeds the supply.
Separate property
Real property owned by a husband or wife prior to the marriage with the spouse having no present rights in such property; property owned individually.
Service industries
Businesses that attract local money (e.g., grocery stores, retail shops).
Setback
Restrictions established by zoning or deed on the space required between lot lines and building lines.
Severalty
Sole ownership of real property (“severed” from all others).
Severance
The act of removing something attached to the land (e.g., fruit, timber, fence).
Single agent
Per Section 475.01, F.S., a broker who represents, as a fiduciary, either the buyer or seller but not both in the same transaction.
Single-hung
A window characterized by a movable lower sash.
Site plan
A document that indicates the improvement details for a project of greater-than-average size.
Policy manual
Relationships and influences created by location of a property that affect value (e.g., accessibility, personal preference).
Slab-on-grade
Concrete foundation poured directly on the ground.
Sole proprietorship
Dealing as an individual in business.
Special agent
One authorized by a principal to perform a particular act or transaction, without contemplation of continuity of service as with a general agent.
Special assessments
Taxes levied against properties to pay for all, or part of, improvements that will benefit the properties being assessed.