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Modern Real Estate Practices Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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Real Estate & Planning
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11/17/2012

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Term
Real Estate
Definition
land at, or above, and below the earth's surface, plus all things permanently attached to it, whether natural or artificial
Term
Real Property
Definition
The interests, benefits, and rights that are automatically included in the ownership of of land and real estate
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Improvement
Definition
Any artificial thing attached to the land(fence, deck)
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Bundle of legal rights
Definition
Right of possession, control, enjoyment, exclusion, disposition
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Appurtenance
Definition
Right or privilege associated with property , although not necessarily part of it
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Surface Rights
Definition
The use of the surface of earth
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Subsurface Rights
Definition
Rights to the natural resources below the earth's surface
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Air Rights
Definition
Rights to use the space above the earth
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Water Rights
Definition
Special common law rights held by owners of land adjacent to rivers, lakes, or oceans and are restrictions on the land ownership
Term
Chattels
Definition
Items of personal property
Term
Manufactured Housing
Definition
Dwellings that are not constructed at the site but built off-site and trucked to a building lot where they are installed or assembled
Term
Fructus Naturales
Definition
Trees, perennial shrubbery, and grasses that do not require annual cultivation
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Fructus Industrales
Definition
AKA Emblements.  Annualy cultivated crop such as fruit, vegetables, and grain.
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Severence
Definition
When real property becomes personal property
Term
Annexation
Definition
When personal property becomes real property
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Fixture
Definition
Personal property that hasbeen so affixed to land or a building that, by law, it becomes part of the real property
Term
Four Economic Characteristics of Real Estate
Definition

Scarcity

Improvements

Permanence of investment

Location or area preference

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Three Physical Characteristics of Real Estate
Definition

Immobility

Indestructibilty

Uniqueness

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Laws Affecting Real Estate
Definition

Contract Law

General property law

Agency law

Real estate license law

Federal regulations

Federal, state, and local tax laws

Zoning and land-use laws

Federal, state, and local environmental regulations

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