Real Estate Law
Real Estate Law is a helpful text that lets its readers examine the day-to-day transactions of today’s real estate marketplace. With an extensive coverage of the basics and trends in real property laws, it also aids problem-solving skills in your professional and personal real estate transactions. The author presented case selections and clear discussions of the rules and regulations of real estate, and fundamental principles and emerging trends in real property law. Real Estate Law also contains the latest changes in the law, new cases, and surprising developments, ranging from endless foreclosures to liability issues.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: The Nature of Real Estate and Real Estate Interests
1. Introduction and Sources of Real Estate Law
2. Land Interests: Present and Future
3. Extent of Real Estate Interests
4. Nonpossessory Interests in Real Estate
5. Fixtures
6. Liens
7. Describing Land Interests
PART II: Real Estate Ownership
8. Co-ownership of Real Estate
9. The Landlord-Tenant Relationship
10. Commercial Leases
11. Real Estate Communities: Multiunit Interests and Owners' Associations
PART III: Transferring Title to Real Estate
12. The Broker's Role in the Transfer of Real Estate
13. The Purchase Contract
14. Methods of Transfer and Conveyance in Real Estate
15. Financing in the Transfer of Real Estate
16. Closing the Deal
17. Transferring Real Estate after Death: Wills, Estates, and Probate
PART IV: Real Estate and Economic Development
18. Zoning
19. Constitutional Issues in Real Estate
20. Environmental Law