State Exam Flashcards
Five major specialities are
Residential Commercial Industrial Agricultural Businesses
Farm area
A selected and limited geographic area to which a sales associate devotes special attention and study
Business opportunity brokerage
Involves the sale or lease of an existing business.
A real estate license is required to sell and lease business opportunities for others.
Property management brokerage
Is devoted to leasing, managing, marketing, and overall maintenance of property for others.
Absentee owners
Property owners who do not reside on the property and who often rely on a professional property manager to manage the investment
Florida law requires appraisers and real estate licenses to abide by
The uniform standards of professional appraisal practice (USPAP)
USPAP
Is a set of guidelines (standards of practice) to follow when conducting appraisal services.
Real estate licensees may not represent themselves as state-certified, registered, or licensed appraisers unless they also hold those licenses.
A comparative market analysis (CMA)
A marketing tool that is prepared for a potential buyer or seller based on recent sales of similar properties, properties currently in the market, and recent listings.
A CMA is not an appraisal
A brokers price opinion (BPO)
A broker’s written opinion of the value of real property. A broker may charge a separate fee for a BPO, provided it is not used in connection with originating a federally related loan and it is not labeled as an appraisal
Developers must submit
A subdivision plat map to the local planning board (commission)
Local municipalities responsible for-:
The streets, parks and other improvements for public use
Dedication
The gift of land by an owner to the government body for public use.
The developer installs the improvements and the local municipality agrees to maintain the improvements as part of the subdivision plat approval process
Three categories of residential construction are
1-speculative (spec) homes
2-custom homes
3-tract homes
A realtor
Is a real estate professional who is a member of a local board (association)of REALTORS and is affiliated with the Florida REALTORS an NAR
Chapter 20 Florida statute
Executive branch of Florida government