Unit 4: Authorized Relationships, Duties, and Disclosure Flashcards
Judge-made law manifested in decrees and judgments of the courts (case law)
common law - unwritten law
Law created by the enactment of legislation
Statutory Law
The body of law created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions.
administrative law
A person who delegates authority to another is called
the principal
person who accepts the authority (and the responsibilities, duties, and obligations associated with that authority) is called
a representative.
the agent
authorized by the principal to perform acts associated with the continued operations of a particular job or a certain business of the principal.
general 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 agent
brokerage relationship options in a residential transaction:
1.
2.
3.
The appropriate relationship type is determined by the:
- Nonrepresentation (no brokerage relationship)
- Single agency
- Transaction broker
broker
Three Duties Required in All Brokerage Relationships
A Account for all funds
D Deal honestly and fairly
D Disclose all known facts that affect value of residential property
A person in a position of trust and confidence with respect to another person.
fiduciary
Caveat Emptor
Latin for “let the buyer beware.”
Conducting negotiations on one’s own behalf without being subject to the other party’s control or influence.
A transaction where the parties are independent and on equal footing. The parties are strangers to each other and both trying to get the best deal. (most transactions are like this)
At arms length
Two real estate licensees designated to represent the buyer and the seller as single agents in a nonresidential transaction. The buyer and the seller must have assets of $1 million or more and sign disclosures stating that their assets meet the required threshold.
In a residential transaction this is:
designated sales associate
an illegal dual agency.
Representing both principals in a transaction (illegal agency relationship in Florida). A conflict of interest.
dual agency
Transaction brokers provide a limited form of nonfiduciary representation to a buyer, a seller, or both in a real estate transaction.
limited representation
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 10 or fewer acres.
residential sale
Per Section 475.01, F.S., a broker who represents, as a fiduciary, either the buyer or the seller but not both in the same transaction.
single agent
A broker who provides limited representation to a buyer, a seller, or both in a real estate transaction, but does not represent either in a fiduciary capacity or as a single agent.
transaction broker
The _____ delegates authority to another. The _____ accepts the authority and responsibilities.
principal
agent
The seller is the ____ or ____.
the client or the principal
A transaction that is NOT at arms length is bad because:
- it ruins the assessed value
- will be reappraised to get the fair market value
- in a short sale, the bank wants full sale price for lender, or else they’ll get a smaller return on their investment
A sale of secured real property that produces less money than is owed the lender. The lender releases its mortgage so that the property can be sold free and clear to the new purchaser.
a short sale
If authorized by the principal, the property manager is a ____________ because they show and rent apts, collect rents, supervise maintenance, handle tenant relations and bookkeeping. Therefore they are authorized to perform on a CONTINUED basis a broad range of services.
general agent
Sales associates and broker associates are ______ of their broker. They solicit listings and buyers, negotiate contracts, attend closings, and perform other real estate services on behalf of their broker. This is on a CONTINUED basis.
general agents
When there’s a single transaction, such as selling a home, you are a _____.
special agent of the seller
The Brokerage Relationship Disclosure Act is intended to ____________________________________ that can be granted to a broker and the duties brokers have in each type of brokerage relationship.
inform and educate the public regarding the types of authority or brokerage relationships
Transaction brokers have
limitations