Unit 2 Notes Flashcards
Earth’s surface, subsurface (minerals and substances beneath surface), and airspace above earth
Land
___ includes trees, plants, and water
Land
Land plus all permanently attached improvements
Real Estate
Any artificial addition to land such as a building or a fence
Improvements
Includes both land and real estate
Real Property
The interests, benefits, and rights included in ownership
Real property
Includes bundle of legal rights
Real property
Anything associated with or connected to the property although not necessarily a direct part of it
Appurtenance
The sale of a condominium includes an assigned parking space for the owner. The parking space is a(n) ___.
Appurtenance
Water rights included in the purchase of a property are an example of a(n) ___.
Appurtenance
A septic tank included in the purchase of property would be considered as a(n) ___.
Appurtenance
Right to use the surface of the earth
Surface rights
Rights to the natural resources below earth’s surface
Subsurface rights
___ rights must be purchased to build foundation supports for tall buildings.
Subsurface
An owner may transfer surface rights without transferring subsurface rights. True or false?
True
Rights to use the space above earth
Air Rights
___ rights and ___ rights must be purchased to construct tall buildings.
Air rights
Subsurface rights
Government has placed limitations on ___ rights to permit reasonable interference for aircrafts, as long as owner’s right to use and occupy property is not lessened
Air
Two broad categories of real estate
Physical
Economic
The four economic characteristics of real estate
Scarcity
Improvements
Permanence of Investment
Location
The three physical characteristics of real estate
Immobility
Indestructibility
Uniqueness
___ is an economic characteristic meaning that supply in any given location or of particular quality is considered limited
Scarcity
Building a(n) ___ can affect land’s value and use.
Improvement
Improvements such as electricity, drainage, water, and sewer systems typically remain after a building has been razed to make way for new construction. What real estate characteristic does this represent?
Permanence of investment
What is the most important economic characteristic in real estate?
Location
___ is sometimes called situs.
Location
___ refers to people’s preferences for given areas, resulting in different values for similar units.
Situs
Situs directly refers to geographic location. True or false?
False
Geographic location of any given parcel of land can never be changed. Geographic location is fixed and cannot be moved. This is an example of which physical characteristic?
Immobility
Which physical characteristic refers to the fact that land is permanent?
Indestructible
Even though man made improvements on land can depreciate and become obsolete, the land itself is ___.
Indestructible
___ is a physical characteristic that refers to the fact that no two parcels of land are ever exactly the same.
Uniqueness