From abandonment to zoning, and over 2,800 terms in between, The Language of Real Estate has every term that real estate professionals need. The pocket guide is an abridged version of the text. Although not as comprehensive as the main text, this portable edition is ideal for real estate students to go.
Highlights
•More than 2,800 terms offer students or professionals comprehensive definitions as they come across unfamiliar phrases
•Appendix boasts over 350 commonly used abbreviations
•Subject classification index lists terms by topic
•Web site directory
•Pocket Guides includes definitions for over 1,000 terms and many of same appendices and resources found in the main text
Main Text Contents
•Subject Classification of Terms
•A-Z Definitions
•Main Text Contents
•Subject Classification of Terms
•A-Z Definitions
•Appendix A: Organizations
•Appendix B: Designations
•Appendix C: Abbreviations of Terms
•Appendix D: List of Laws
•Appendix E: English-Spanish Key Terms
•Appendix F: Spanish-English Key Terms
•Appendix G: Construction Diagrams
Audio CD Contents
•CD 1: The Language of Agency and Brokerage
•The Language of Property Ownership and Transfer
•The Language of Real Estate Law and Contracts
•The Language of Deeds and Encumbrances
CD 2: The Language of Titles, Land-Use Controls, and Legal Descriptions
•The Language of Finance and Federal Regulations
•The Language of Appraising and Property Management
•“False Friends”
Pocket Guide Contents
•A-Z Definitions
•Appendix A: Organizations
•Appendix B: Designations
•Appendix C: Abbreviations
•Appendix D: Construction Diagrams
About the Authors:
John W. Reilly, DREI, has been a member of the New York, California, Hawaii, and Federal Bars, as well as a REALTOR® and a licensed real estate broker in Hawaii and California. He previously was an adjunct professor of real estate law and licensed real estate instructor for both salesperson and broker classes. Mr. Reilly has served as educational consultant to Hawaii’s Real Estate Commission and as the real estate testing consultant to Applied Measurement Professionals (AMP). He is author of the leading text on agency, Agency Relationships in Real Estate, and is co-author of the book Questions and Answers to Help You Pass the Real Estate Exam.
Marie S. Spodek, DREI, contributing editor, is a nationally recognized real estate educator, speaker, and trainer. A popular real estate columnist for several years, she is the author of Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practice, a consulting editor for Property Management, co-author of Manufactured and Modular Housing and Insurance for Consumer Protection: What Every Agent Should Know, and editorial project consultant for Dearborn’s Real Estate Basics and Exam Preps.
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