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This study guide provides a collection of questions and answers related to the principles of real estate, covering topics such as property ownership, real estate licensing, fair housing, and ethics. It is designed to help students prepare for an exam in real estate principles.
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conduct the unlawful practice of law ESAC stands for: ✔✔Education Standards Advisory Committee What refers to a location from an economic rather than a geographic standpoint? ✔✔Situs. Which amendment guarantees that a citizen will not be deprived of property without due process of law? ✔✔5th Amendment. The CFPB is the: ✔✔Consumer Financial Protection Bureau A professional organization or association is usually a not-for-profit organization that seeks to: ✔✔further a particular profession and the interests of individuals engaged in that profession. A contraction or generally slowing down of the economy is a: ✔✔Recession.
What is the primary purpose for real estate licensing laws? ✔✔1. To protect the general public during real estate transactions from dishonest or incompetent brokers and sales agents.
Multiple real estate brokerages establishing an across-the-board 6% commission for their agents would be guilty of... ✔✔price fixing. Which of the following are common law fiduciary duties? ✔✔Care, disclosure, loyalty, accounting, & obedience Which of the following is not used as a test to determine whether a statement is mere "puffing"? ✔✔The cost of the good or service The term "false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices" includes, but is not limited to which of the following acts? ✔✔1. Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or services
The practice wherein consumers of protected classes are directed to certain neighborhoods when shopping for housing is called: ✔✔Steering. Applicants who are rejected for credit must be notified in writing of the basic reasons for the denial of their application, and the reason for their credit rating when? ✔✔within 30 days Each year the CRA requires federally supervised financial institutions to prepare annual statements that include which of the following information? ✔✔any comments from the public about the specific financial institution's performance in meeting their community's needs The commission may require a license holder whose license suspension or revocation is probated to: ✔✔limit practice to an area prescribed by the commission Which of these IS NOT one of the five canons of ethics? ✔✔Cooperation No real estate license holder shall discriminate against an owner based upon which of the following: ✔✔Ancestry Which of these IS NOT a subchapter subject matter addressed by TRELA? ✔✔How to attract and maintain a real estate client
An educational institution shall maintain a corporate surety bond or other security acceptable to the commission that is in the amount of: ✔✔$20, When the relationship of a sales agent with the sales agent's sponsoring broker terminates, the terminating party shall immediately notify: ✔✔in writing both the other party and the commission. The commission shall waive the examination requirement for an applicant for a broker or sales agent license if: ✔✔Both of these are required The commission by rule may: ✔✔prescribe the title, content, and duration of continuing education courses that a license holder must attend to renew a license A person may not sell, buy, lease, or transfer an easement or right-of-way for another, for compensation or with the expectation of receiving compensation, for use in connection with telecommunication, utility, railroad, or pipeline service unless the person: ✔✔1. Holds a license issued under this chapter
The commission shall maintain a real estate recovery trust account to reimburse aggrieved persons who suffer actual damages caused by an act described by Section 1101.602 committed by: ✔✔1. A certificate holder.
A counteroffer is: ✔✔a rejection of the original offer What is the remedy called when one party has made a good faith effort to perform his/her obligations under a contract and the other party has NOT performed his/her obligations? ✔✔Specific performance. What states that a party, or parties, associated with a contract will cover certain losses or expenses incurred by another party under the contract? ✔✔An indemnification clause What causes great harm or substantially lessens the value of the contract for the non-breaching party? ✔✔Material breach. What returns the nonbreaching party to the position he or she would have been in if the contract had not been made? ✔✔Cancellation. In what year did the Texas Supreme Court invalidate the state's right to retain all mineral rights to land? ✔✔ 1901 The largest and most complete bundle of rights of ownership is: ✔✔Fee simple absolute Which kind of easement not only allows access to another person's property but also allows the removal of material resources contained in the property? ✔✔A profit
existence of a situation that requires an easement. ✔✔easement by prescription Mortgages are a common type of lien. ✔✔consensual What are rights concerning properties that are directly next to an ocean, gulf, bay, delta, or lake? ✔✔Littoral. Public beach policy for the state of Texas includes a declaration that: ✔✔The public shall have the free and unrestricted right of ingress and egress to and from the state-owned beaches bordering on the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico. How long does a Chapter 13 debtor have to reinvest the proceeds of his or her home sale in a new homestead or lose their homestead tax exempt status, and therefore return the proceeds to the bankruptcy estate? ✔✔6 months Joint tenancy is ended when which of the following unities is ended? ✔✔Unity of time. Which type of common property ownership is for the exclusive use of a property for a specified number of days each year? ✔✔Resort timesharing An is an easement that is established without the permission of a landowner or the