Full Description
REAL ESTATE LAW FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS is an accessible, complete, and easy-to-understand introduction to the principles of real estate law. Using actual cases and examples - many drawn from the author's extensive experience as a real estate attorney and instructor - it covers all the concepts and issues that paralegals and real estate professionals should understand. Areas of coverage include: estates in land, concurrent ownership, landlord-tenant law, rights, duties, restrictions, transfers, real estate sales, lending, title searches, closings, deeds, mortgages, promissory notes, condos, coops, homeowner associations, and real estate development and investment. Each area is first introduced with a high-level overview that sets the stage for the deeper coverage that follows. Effective learning is promoted through chapter outlines, actual and hypothetical cases, definitions of key terms, review and critical thinking questions, and other pedagogical features.
Contents
1. Overview of Real Property2. Estates in Land3. Concurrent Ownership4. Landlord-Tenant Law5. Rights & Duties Incident to Real Property6. Restrictions On the Use of Real Property7. Transfers of Real Property8. Real Estate Sales9. Lending and the Title Search10. Deeds, Mortgages, & Promissory Notes11. The Closing and Recording12. Common Interest Communities13. Real Estate Development & Investment
