The notes below are intended only to supplement a complete and diligent review of the related chapter in your course text. Studying these notes alone is not expected to be adequate test preparation.

 

 

GENERAL - PART 1

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Simply knowing the real estate language is half the battle in preparing oneself for the examination. This exercise will help to commit the terminology to memory. Read the definition on the left and then recite the term being defined. Place your mouse pointer over the maroon colored box to the right of the definition to reveal the correct answer.

 

  • A person appointed by the court to carry out the terms of a will not specifying an executor or to manage the affairs of a person who has died intestate
  • One who benefits from the operation of a trust. One who receives the proceeds of a will or insurance policy
  • Any person, corporation, or other entity who directly or indirectly sells, exchanges, buys, rents or auctions real property or any interest therein on behalf of another for consideration
  • The person ultimately responsible for all of the activities of a corporate broker
  • One licensed as a broker but acting in the capacity of a salesperson or office manager under the employ of another broker
  • The illegal practice of combining the broker's or agent's funds with the funds of others
  • A legal entity formed by the operation of law through which business is transacted
  • Partial payment of the total purchase price as evidence of good faith usually paid with an offer to purchase
  • The only place a salesperson or broker-salesperson may collect a real estate related commission from
  • The deposit of money, instruments or documents with a third party to be held until the closing of a transaction
  • A person named in a will to carry out the terms of the will
  • A marketing and listing technique in which all of the homes in a selected area, called a farm, are repeatedly solicited and worked for future business
  • Under certain conditions, the fund used to compensate people who have been financially harmed at the hands of a licensee
  • The laws and regulations pertaining to the real estate brokerage business were primarily created to protect the:
  • An insurance program available to home buyers that protects against certain physical defects
  • An agreement filed with the Real Estate Commission by an out-of-state licensee which states that any legal action brought against him may be accomplished by service on the commission
  • One who holds a license
  • Wording required to appear on the exterior of a licensed office
  • The broker or real estate office that initiated or secured the listing agreement
  • Where all licenses are displayed
  • The medium by which brokers pool or share their listings to gain the greatest exposure for their clients
  • One who resides in another state
  • A public officer authorized by the state to take acknowledgements, attest or certify documents as being authentic
  • The division of income or an expense proportionately between parties
  • Statements made not as a representation of fact but more as a personal opinion and usually recognizable as such

 

 

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