Real Estate Test Study Guide

 

Seller's broker negotiating to convince lender to accept less than the balance due as satisfaction to the debt

A. Negotiated balance reduction

B. Equitable redemption

C. Debt forgiveness

D. Short sale

 

Example of modular construction

A. Home used as a model

B. Prefabricated homes

C Apartment building

D. Mobile home

 

Which of the following terms identifies the clause that allows a lender to call the entire remaining loan balance due in the event of buyer default?

A. Novation

B. Entitlement

C. Acceleration

D. Hypothecation

 

A buyer has specified in writing an interest in purchasing a property without any legal obligation and without defining a specific project. This is referred to as

A. An option

B. No binding option

C. A letter of intent

D. A project intent letter

 

Which of the following statements is true concerning an unrecorded deed?

A. It is not valid between the grantor and the grantee

B. It need not name the grantee

C. It need not contain a legal description

D. It does not give constructive notice of ownership

 

One of the major disadvantages of real estate as an investment is that

A. Managing it requires expertise

B. It is highly speculative

C. It's liquidity is limited

D. The tax advantages are minimal

 

***20x22 garage must be attached to house in a subdivision. This type of regulation is?

A. Municipal

B. Restrictive Covenant

C. Zoning

D. Building

 

Map question

2702 York

 

Landlord sells property to a third party but tenants have signed a 1-year lease. What is true about the new owner?

New owner cannot take possession until lease expires

 

Loan estimate and disclosure forms have been deliverers to the client. During final walkthrough what could allow the client to extend closing an additional 3 days?

A. Change in fixed rate

B. Taxes

 

Under normal circumstances, the purpose of a protection clause in a listing agreement is

To preserve the brokers right to a commission if she registers a buyer to whom she showed the property during the listing, and the buyer purchases it later the listing expires

A vet with a thriving practice who wants to add a satellite office on the south side of town. He will consider an existing building but would prefer a vacant parcel on which he will build to his own specifications. He prefers a property of at least one acre, and will need a building of at least 2,700 square feet. The broker has located two properties that may suit and has obtained the surveys on both. How should the broker advise the ver with regards to offering for either property?

Verify the zoning for both properties

 

A broker is asked to compute the capitalization rate for an investment property valued at $750,000. Which formula should the broker use?

The income approach

It is a real estate valuation method that uses the income the property generations to estimate fair value. Its calculated by dividing the net operating income by the capitalization rate

An owner has a freestanding cabinet that was custom-built to fit an alcove of the living room. When the owner sells the home, the cabinet will be BEST described as

Personal property

 

A broker's license has a tenant client who wishes to minimize any future increase in expenses for the office space she is interested in leasing. What type of lease should the broker recommend?

Gross lease

 

A seller made a counteroffer to a buyer and has agreed to keep the offer open for a set period of time. Meanwhile a second buyer makes the seller a higher offer. Which statement is true?

The seller can rescind the counter offer and accept the second buyer offer

 

In a jurisdiction where the common law of agency governs real estate activities, a buyer is signing open buyer agency agreements with many brokers. He has been viewing multiple properties with multiple brokers.

The buyer will be liable for One commission to the broker who locates the property that he purchases

 

What is the primary reason for secondary mortgage market?

Buy from banks so banks can make loans

 

Property located by the airport that needs more land for runway. What should you tell your client that decides not to sell

That the city and local entities can take her property by eminent domain

 

On a rectangular survey what is Range 3 West?

The answer has a 12 and 18

 

Broker is showing a house and knows that there was a murder/suicide within. What should the broker do

A. Say nothing

B. Tell potential buyer

Tell potential buyer - if representing buyer

Say nothing - if representing seller

 

A seller received an offer for their house, but sent back a counter offer and in that counter offer they specified a period of time in which the buyer had to accept. During that time the seller gets a better offer from a different buyer. Does the seller have to wait to hear back about the counter offer before accepting the new offer?

They can rescind offer and accent new ofer as long as original offer has not been accepted

 

Subdivider met mapping regulations of local government and applied to have subdivision plat approved. Once approval is granted, what additional steps must be taken before lots are sold?

Building permits must be obtained

 

A broker takes a check from a client for repairs for $800, the repairs were only $700. The client gets the receipt and notices $100 is missing. What should the managing broker do?

Personally apologize, explain the situation and write a check for the $100

 

The purchase and sales agreement provides for the release of earnest money to the seller after the buyer's property inspection. The seller requests the earnest money prior to the property inspection. The broker should

A. Release the earnest money to the seller immediately

B. Notify the buyer of the broker's intention to release the money to the seller

C. Release the earnest money on the buyer's verbal approval

D. Refuse to release the earnest money



Earnest money can be disbursed only at closing, or if contract fails/breaches, can be released upon a written agreement from both parties to a transaction

When payments are made on amortized mortgage loans, the debt service includes
A)Only the repayment of principal on the mortgaged property
B)Only the payment of interest on the mortgaged property
C)Payment of both principal and interest on the mortgaged
D)Property Payment of principal, interest, taxes, and insurance on the mortgaged property

 

 

A computational technique used in the income approach to valuation, which converts net income into an indication of value. Is the
A)Reproduction cost
B)Capitalization rate
C)Unit value
D) Gross rent multiplier (GRM)

 

According to the truth-in-lending act (regulation Z), which of the following must be stated in the truth-in-lending disclosure?
A. attorney fees
B. cost of title policy
C. broker's commission
D. annual percentage rate

 

Which of the following describes a title problem that must be corrected before closing?
A. leased mineral rights
B. an outstanding insurance claim

A buyer is looking in several different cities for land to purchase for a shopping center. The buyer has decided to hire several real estate licenses, each representing the buyer in that licensee's city. Which of the following types of agreements would most likely protect the buyer from owning multiple commissions?
a. exclusive agency representation
b. nonexclusive right to lease
c. nonexclusive buyer agency
d. exclusive right to sell

Broker A has created an extremely aggressive business model which has allowed for very quick success in the market. The other brokers in the market area have decided not to allow broker A to show their listings or show broker A's listings. This would violate:
Regulation Z
The Sherman antitrust act

 

The legal remedy for canceling a contract and restoring the parties to their original positions is called
a. rescission
b. recapture
c. rejection
d. reversion

An important function of zoning laws is to
A. exercise the power of eminent domain in condemning property for public use
B. ease commercial development by restricting residential density
C. protect the public from interfrior construction practices
D. ensure conforming land use

A redemption right refers to
A. right of the lender to call off the sale
B. right of the lender to redeem inferior mortgages
C. right of foreclosed borrower to buy the property back
D. immediate possessory right of the buyer at a foreclosed sale

C. right of foreclosed borrower to buy the property back

 

If a gap in the chain of title is discarded, what would it create?
a) lien
b) encumbrance
c) cloud on the title
d) adverse possesion

 

At the time of closing, it is customary that the real estate taxes on residential properties are
A. split evenly between borrower and seller
B. pro-rated between borrower and seller
C. paid by borrower
D. paid by seller

 

a mortgagor obtains an 80% loan to value mortgage on a property purchased for 80,000. the mortgagor pays 3 discount. how much will be paid in points ?
a- 1.920
point count base on loan amont not purchase price
b 2,400
c 4800
d 6400