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475 FS part 1

The real estate license law in Florida. Protect public. Minimal competency

Sales associate can work for a

Sub agent, for a broker, and license owner employer like a developer

Mutual recognition requirements

40 question law exam

Reimbursement of expenses is considered

Compensation

Exemptions from being licensed

Partner in real estate general partnership provided partners only receive their pro Rata share of profits


Salaried employees for developers in apartment complexes, leases for one year or less



Court-appointed, I E personal representative



Attorney within a scope


$50 to unlicensed person/property manager/rental fee

Director of DRE is appointed by who

Secretary of Dbpr

Purpose of Frec

Ensure the publics best interest are protected

How to become a member of Frec

Appointed by Governor confirm by state senate

Frec powers are administrative and divided into three categories

Executive = to regulate



Quasi-legislative=rulemaking



Quasijudicial=Impose penalties

Frec administrative penalties

Reprimand, $5000, probation, suspension up to 10 years, revoke, citation for minor in fractions paid in 30 days, letter of non-compliance 15 day to correct without penalty, deny application for license

The two categories of inactive license

Voluntary inactive


involuntary inactive

Describe voluntary inactive

Remains that status continuously as long as licensee completes the required education and pays the required renewal fees

Describe involuntary inactive

Status becomes involuntary inactive when failure to properly renew a license and may remain involuntary inactive for two years. After two years the license becomes void



Also when a brokers license is either suspended or revoked agent becomes involuntary inactive

The two categories of special license

Multiple license and group license

What is a multiple license

Can be held by active brokers only in order to operate more than one brokerage business

What is a group license

Can only be held by sales associates or broker associate sewer employed by owner employer for the purpose of working for more than one project

Office or branch office move, how long to notify DBPR

10 days


Brokerage relationship disclosure act establishes what

Presumption that all licensees are acting as transaction brokers unless a single agent or no brokerage relationship is established, in writing, with a customer

Describe no brokerage relationships

No fiduciary duties, but must deal honestly and fairly and disclose material defects

Single agent

Full fiduciary, works for seller or buyer, but not both

Transaction broker

Can work with both seller and buyer in the same transaction with limited duties.

What is the only form that must be signed between an agent and a client

Moving from a single agent to a transaction broker, consent to Transfer

Describe misrepresentation

The misstatement a facts or the concealment a facts in a transaction

How many square feet in a square yard

Nine

How many cubic feet in a cubic yard

27

How many feet in a mile

5280

How do you determine percent of profit

Made


——— divided by


Paid for

Taxes are a blank blank blank

SIN


Stamps on deed/doc = $.70 for every hundred of sale price


Intangible tax/new mortgage, two mill = 0.002



Note stamps = knew and assumed mortgage, $.35 for every hundred dollars


Round up for stamps, cannot have part of a stamp.


No note stamps on subject to mortgages

Credit/debit on escrow

Escrow = credit to buyer nothing for seller



Mortgage loan = credit to buyer/nothing to seller



Prorations depend

FHA loan terms

PITI divided by monthly gross income, less than, 31%



PITI plus additional expenses divided by monthly gross income, less than, 43%(borrowers total obligations)



PITI equals principal, interest, taxes, insurance

Equation for index lease/commercial properties

New rate divided by old rate equals how much change in rate occurred, multiply that times price/square foot

Equation for depreciation

Annual depreciation divided by original value equals annual rate of depreciation

Income capitalization approach equation

Net operating income divided by rate times value

Types of liens

General, specific, voluntary, involuntary, mechanics, judgment,



Liens = encumbrances

No call rules federal/Florida

Florida = $10,000



Federal = $11,000

Four ways of owning an interest/slice of real property

Estate in severalty = me



Tenancy by entirety‘s = marriage = right of survivorship



Joint tenancy =Right of survivorship



Tenants in common

When must notice of no brokerage relationship be given

Prior to showing property

Do transaction brokerage relationships require written disclosures

No

Violations of real estate law can have three types of penalties imposed

Administrative = Frec


Criminal = state attorney



Civil = lawsuit

Who is the only one that can administer administrative penalties Against licensees and applicants for licensee

Frec

How long does it take for a final order to become effective

30 days

Appeal to the District Court of Appeals made before final order takes affect

Writ of certiorari

A writ of mandamus can be used by the district court to order who to reverse a final order/court order

Frec

Frec penalties

Reprimand, $5000 per count, probation, suspension up to 10 years, revoked license = permanent, citation = minor in fraction, notice of noncompliance = warning if fixed in 15 days

Civil rights act of 1968, is also known as

The fair housing act



Prohibits discrimination in sales leasing advertising rentals financing or brokerage services



Race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or familial status



Steering = direct to or away from a property



Blockbusting = inducing a person to sell



Red lining =Lending or insurance

Florida land sales full disclosure act provides

Report given to buyer three days before contract is signed if development has 50 lots or more



Buyer has seven days to cancel

Florida residential landlord and tenant act provides

30 days on how deposit is being handled


If deposits are in interest-bearing account, landlord owns tenant either 75% of interest earned or 5% simple interest



If deposits are commingled with personal funds, landlord owns tenant 5% interest and must place a Surety bond with clerk of courts


What is the allodial system

Individual ownership, real property ownership in US based on this

What is situs

Do you need to save Location combined with its immobility

Cemetery lots And renting mobile homes or not considered to be real property true or false

True

Legal test to determine if item is a fixture

Method



Agreement of parties



Relationship



Intention



Adaptability

A freehold estate is one of ownership. Name the two categories

Fee simple = most common, full bundle of rights



Life estate = terminate upon death

Ownership in real property can be held in four ways

Severalty = individual



Tenancy by entireties = marriage, automatic survivorship with undivided rights



Joint tenancy =Right of survivorship with eagle interests, PITT



Tenancy in common =No right of survivorship, inheritability

Properties owned prior to a marriage are considered

Separate

What is a non-freehold estate

One that is less than ownership and is measured in time

Name three types of non-freehold estates

Estate for years = has beginning and end, in writing



Tenancy at will = month-to-month, beginning date but no ending date(week2week=7 days,,mon-min=15day)


Tenancy at sufferance, holdover tenant

Special interest in ownership includes Homestead properties name benefits

Exempt from judgment foreclosures



First $25,000 of assessed value is exempt plus additional $25,000 if property is assessed for $50,000 or more

Two types of voluntary alienation

Deed= most common transfer a title



Will = dying with testate

Four types of involuntary alienation

Descent and distribution = dying intestate or without a will



Eminent domain = government land grab(condemnation $)


Escheat= property reverts to government



Adverse possession = 7 years of uninterrupted use

Notice of right to real property fall into two categories

Actual notice = physically moving in or giving oral or written notice



Constructive notice = recording with public records office

Abstract title versus chain of title

Abstract is full history of property



Chain is history of ownership 30 years

Requirements of a valid deed

In writing



Must contain names/grantor grantee



Grantor must be 18 years old/mentally competent



Consideration



Words of convenience/granting clause



Type of estate/haebendum


Legal description



Appurtenances/condo parking spot



Signed by grantor with two witnesses



Voluntarily delivered and accepted

What is a fee simple defeasible

Grantor place is a condition on an estate, if not followed, the estate might be lost

What is hypothecation

Use of property to secure a loan

How many weeks in a year

52

Age of property depreciation equation

Effective life divided by economic life equals = percent of depreciation

Name private restrictions to real property

Deed restrictions and restrictive covenants



Easements = right to enter someone else’s property



Leases



Liens

Name two types of title insurance ,,who do they protect

Owners policy = to protect owners equity and is not transferable to another owner


Mortgage policy/bank = protects the lenders investment and is transferable

Three ways to cure defect in title

Quit claim deed



Sue to quiet title/legal process



Marketable records title act = defects more than 30 years are deemed cured

True or false a contract is a mutual meeting of the minds

True

Statue of frauds requires certain contracts be in writing to be enforceable

Sales contract, option contract, lease more than one year

Name contracts Florida licensees can and cannot draft

Can = sales contract, option contract, listing contract



Not allowed = leases or other conveniences, can fill in blanks

Name three types of listing contracts/employment agreements

Open listing = procuring cause gets paid


Exclusive listing = 1 broker, but seller reserves right to sell themselves without owing a commission



Exclusive right to sell = broker paid no matter who sells property, the only bilateral listing contract

Describe option contracts

Must be in writing



Must have the definite valuable consideration, minimum $100



Broker can obtain options and resell for profit

Local planning commission act as advisers to who

County or city commission

Planning commission authority includes the following

Subdivision plat approval



Site plan approval



Sign control

Five types of zoning categories

Residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, special use

Zoning laws can be flexible through the following

Variance = working within current zoning codes, example setback change



Special exemptions = working outside said codes



Nonconforming use = grandfathered in

Name a planned unit development

Seaside Florida

Number one objective of a property manager

Generate the greatest net income while at the same time maintaining the integrity of the property

Describe Florida as a lien theory state

Property owner retains title when borrowing money and property as collateral

When a debt is paid in full on a mortgage what is given to the borrower to release the property as collateral

Satisfaction of mortgage

Who is the mortgagor


Who is the mortgagee

Mortgagor = borrower


Mortgagee= lender

What does a due on sale clause do

Prevents assumptions without lenders permission

Lender will not seek a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure sale

Lender will not seek a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure sale

Package mortgage =

Covers both real and personal property

What is a defeasance clause

Defeated, requires lender to provide satisfaction of mortgage when loan is paid off

Subject to mortgage =

Buyer has no personal liability to the mortgage

Assumption of the mortgage =

Buyer signs a note and becomes liable for the debt

Novation =

A release of liability to the seller in an assumption mortgage

What is a contract for deed/land contract

Seller financing, seller retains legal title until debt is paid

A Lis pendensis a constructive notice of what

Foreclosure

Equity of redemption =

The time up to auction for the borrower to cure the defect and pay the full debt

Deficiency judgment =

In adequate funds from the sale at public auction

Surplus money from public auction is called

Overage,, mortgagor/borrower gets it

Term mortgage =

Interest only

Amortized mortgage =

Systematic payment of principal and interest for the duration of the loan.

Partial amortization mortgage

Payments of principal and interest, but the principle of the payment is insufficient to pay the full debt, therefore requiring a final balloon payment

Equation for ARM

Adjustable rate mortgage =


index + margin = ARM

Reverse annuity mortgage(RAM)

Allows banks to make payments to senior homeowners based on their equity eventually the home belongs to the bank

Name the three types of mortgages available to consumers

VA, FHA, conventional

Describe a VA loan

Guaranteed to lenders in the event of default of borrower


Qualifying ratio is 41% total obligation to income


No loan limits, but there is a guarantee limit

Describe FHA loans

Mortgage insurance paid upfront and monthly



Qualifying ratio is 31% PITI to income and 43% total obligation to income



There are loan limits for different locations throughout the country

Describe conventional mortgages

Qualifying ratio is 28% PITI to income and 36% total obligation to income



Private mortgage insurance is usually required when the loan value is greater than 80%

Mortgage loan underwriting is risk evaluation for two things

Ability to pay/income/job



Willingness to pay/past credit

Name the three secondary mortgage market

FNMA


GNMA


FHLMC

Describe the federal national mortgage association

1938, purchase FHA, today Fannie Mae buys FHA, VA, and conventional


31%, 43%

Describe government national mortgage association

1968, subsidy function for FHA loans, works directly with FNMA call the tandem plan

Describe federal home loan mortgage Corporation

1970, to purchase conventional loans from savings and loans. Today Freddie Mac buys FHA, VA, and conventional

Laws regarding federal fair credit and lending procedures

Real estate settlement procedures act/RESPA



Requires disclosure of closing cost to borrowers, information booklet/3 Business days, good faith estimate of closing cost/3 business days

Describe truth in lending act

Requires disclosures of cost of borrowing/APR, implemented through regulation Z

TILA/RESPA

Requires lenders to provide borrowers a closing disclosure at least three business days prior to closing

Name the federal reserves three methods of influencing the cost of money/interest rates

Open market, buying and selling of treasury bonds



Changing the discount rate in the interest rate



Changing the reserve requirements

When is a property sold

When a deed is transferred by the buyer/grantor to the buyer/grantee for money. At that point the deed is delivered and excepted

What dictates the details of the closing

The real estate contract

When is a state certified appraisal required

Federally related loan

Assemblage and plottage

Assemblage is the combining of two more parcels under one ownership



Plottage is the increase in value of property because of assemblage

Name three approaches to value real estate

Comparable sales approach



Cost depreciation approach



Income capitalization approach

Describe comparable sales approach

Principle of substitution, mostly used for residential, adjusting comparable properties to find the reconciliation

Cost depreciation approach

Principle of substitution, special purpose property, building is valued separately from the land

Income capitalization approach

Principle of anticipation, potential gross income/00 percent occupancy, effective gross income/excludes vacancy losses,NOI equals EGI minus operating expenses, gross rent multiplier

What must be on a broker sign

List the broker business


Name of broker and licensed real estate broker


Visible


Sales associates names must be segregated from broker to prevent confusion



Must be observable to anyone entering the office

Guidelines for advertising in real estate

Misleading or false advertising is a misdemeanor of the second degree



Wording so a reasonable person can understand



Minimum requirement is the name of the brokerage business



Sales associates cannot advertise in their own names



Team our group name cannot be larger than the brokerage name

Deposits and escrow accounts

Broker hold money in escrow or trust account



Sales associates have one business day



Brokers have three business days



Before contract buyer is boss of the money, under contract money can be moved without consent a buyer seller



If deposit is placed an interest-bearing account the buyer and seller must first degree

Procedures required for conflicting demands

Notify Frank and 15 business days



If the conflict is not resolved in 30 business days the broker must take 1 of 4 actions


Mediation/negotiate



Arbitration/binding decision



Escrow disbursement order from FREC



Litigation

Tax deduction for business property

Depreciation

Home ownership provides three tax advantages

Mortgage interest deduction



Real estate tax deduction



Exclusion of gain from sail principal residence

How to appeal a tax assessment

First request an adjustment from the property appraisers office



If denied, file request with the value adjustment board

When is tax due on a real estate installment sale

Storm in sales when a seller excepts partial payments over time, no taxes due until the payment is collected

When a property is exchange for another like kind property/1031, the taxes on the exchange are

Deferred

List additional tax exemptions

Surviving spouse = $500.



10% or more military disability = $5000



Blind = $500



Non-veteran 100% disability = $5000



Permanent and total military disability = 100% exempt

How is a tax levy calculated

Assessed value less exceptions equals taxable value



Taxable value multiplied by tax rate equals tax levy

Describe just value

The county property appraiser assess as real property according to its fair and equitable value

The auction bidding on tax certificate interests begin at what rate

18%

The truth in lending act gives a consumer the right to resend a mortgage secured by his Homestead true or false

True

Who can renew their initial Florida real estate license without post license education

A person that graduated with a four year degree or higher in real estate

How is someone elected to the chairman of Florida real estate commission

Chairman is elected by his or her peers

How does a Florida real estate license promise to re-purchase property back in the future

With a guaranteed re-purchase agreement that has been approved by the state of Florida

A real estate broker can have an interest-bearing escrow account true or false

True

Difference between actual notice and constructive notice

Actual notice = giving oral or written notice, presenting a deed, giving verbal notice, or physically moving into the property



Constructive notice = notice given by publishing in a newspaper, public records, or other method

Assemblage

Bringing together two or more adjoining parcels of property under one ownership

Plottage

Plotting for an increase in value of property experienced through assemblage

Active and former active duty military members and their spouses are allowed to do wet through reciprocity

Obtain a DBPR license in Florida if they have the same license in another state

Who can order a summary suspension

Secretary of Dbpr

Upheld the civil rights act of 1866

Upheld the civil rights act of 1866

One negative wire, one positive wire, one neutral wire

One negative wire, one positive wire, one neutral wire

Homestead rights are from who

Florida constitution

Money will be paid from the real estate recovery fund when

A judge rules against a Frec decision in a court of law

The federal reserve system can increase the money supply by

Decrease reserve requirements

A naval base in Pensacola is

A base industry

Who can bid on a foreclosed auction

Anyone

The tax reform act of 1997 did what

Excludes up to $250,000 of capital gain tax on sale of principal residence if you were single

When a property is bought subject to the mortgage, describe some of the stuff

Intangible tax on mortgage is not paid, the grantee is not responsible to pay the note, the mortgage he could sue the original owner for deficiency judgment

For real estate brokerage is arranged as a limited partnership can the limited partners be required to register with the DBPR

No

Holographic will

Hand written

Marginal tax rate

Percentage taken from your next dollar of taxable income

1031 tax deferred exchange

Defer taxes, identify 45 days, acquire within 100 days of closing previous property

Boot

Fair market value of other property received in exchange

Constructive evection

Landlord fails to do something that they has a legal duty to provide

Chain of title versus abstract of title

Chain equals history that shows conveniences encumbrances



Abstract of title equals summary

Dominant tenant versus servient tenant

Dominant equals gaining the benefit of the easement



Servient equals suffers the burden of the easement

Easement by prescription

Granted after use the property in a hostile continuous open manner for a number of years

Appurtenant easement

Appurtenant easement

Right to use adjoining property that transfers with the land

Easement in gross

No dominant tenant, powerlines

Ad valorem

=according to value

Inverse condemnation

Suing the government for just compensation when property is taken

TILA

Inform use of consumer credit



Require disclosures about its terms and costs standardize the manner in which cost associated with barring or calculated and disclosed

Fair housing act

1968 act banning refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of race color religion sex or national origin

Jones versus Mayer

1968 court case that barred all racial discrimination, private as well as public, and the sale of rental property based on the 13th amendment

Sherman antitrust act

Bands anti-competitive behavior such as price fixing

Americans with disabilities act

1990 act for him and discrimination as people disabilities and employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and government activities

Material fact

A fact that, if known, may have caused a buyer or seller of real estate to make a different decision

Steering

Buyers = you should live by those people

Blockbusting, panic selling, panic peddling

Sellers = you better sell because you don’t want to live by those people

Essentials of a valid contract

Mutual consent, lawful object, consideration, capable parties

Codicil

Amendment

Codicil

Amendment

Agency duties

ACOLD = accountability, care, obedience, loyalty, disclosure

Reddendum clause

Clause describes any reservations or restrictions that run with the land, such as deed restrictions

A valid deed must be signed by a competent grantor with 2 what

Witnesses

Deed requirements to be legally valid

In writing



Contain names of grantor and grantee



Declare the considerations



Contain a granting clause/words of conveyance


Habendum clause/type of estate (fee simple/life estate)


Complete legal description



Competent grantor must sign the deed with two witnesses



In order to accomplish the conveyance, the deed must be delivered to an excepted by the grantee


Bargain and sale deed means what

This type of deed contains no warrants or covenants other than a warrant of seisen/statement of ownership

Special warranty deed

Only promises to defend any title defects that arose during the period of time at the property was owned by the grantor, often used by banks who’ve taken property through foreclosure

Guardians deed and committees deed

Guardians deed = used to convey title to a minor



Committees deed = used to convey title to mentally incompetent

What section of the government has the right to enact laws on public health, safety and welfare, As well as divide areas of the community and the various uses like residential, commercial and building codes as a guidelines for construction

Police power

What is a legal determination of value in the court system

When a property owners Disputes the amount of financial compensation from eminent domain

Lesser vrs lessor

Lessee = renter


Lessor= landlord

Assignment versus sublease

Entire lease in full= assignment

Name the three superior liens

Real estate tax liens



Special assessment liens



Federal estate tax liens

What is a letter of guidance

Probable cause panel informs licensee no technical violation may have occurred, but licensee may want to handle this type of situation with more care in the future

How long does a licensee have to file a written us response to a formal complaint

20 days

What is a written exception

It’s an objection by the licensee with concerns to the recommended order, must be filed in 10 days

What groups are not considered to be a protected class and not covered by the 1968 fair housing act

Marital status, occupation, age

Inclusion clause in exclusive and claws refer to what

Weather fixtures or a part of personal or real property

A cooperative multi unit dwelling is also basically a proprietary lease true or false

True

What is a Declaration and where is it used

Condominiums are recorded and created with state approval



Rules and bylaws, condo convenience transfers title to individual units as well as undivided interest in the shared common elements

What are the two legal format for timeshares

Interval ownership = taking legal title of property/fee simple as a tenant in common with other interval owners



Right to use/vacation lease= a person license the timeshare unit for a pre-describe period of time or which soul right of possession is in transferred back to the developer

IRS deductions for residential

Mortgage interest deduction, property tax deduction, tax free up to $10,000 from IRA

IRS deductions for residential

Mortgage interest deduction, property tax deduction, tax free up to $10,000 from IRA

Investment property IRS tax deductions

Deduction of operating expenses, except for reserves for replacements



Deduct depreciation



Candy clear Gain loss



Deferred cap Gain with like kind and 1031

Special flood zone hazard area

Flood zones a and V are considered to be areas prone to flooding at least one percent of the time each year

CERCLA

Legislation to make sure properties that have been contaminated will be cleaned

Department of business and professional regulation’s is under which Florida statue

455

Can a landlord put deposits in his personal account

No

Financial institutions must make credit available without discrimination of race in accordance with

Equal credit opportunity act

An appliance with RES PA, at the time of a mortgage loan application this requires

A good faith estimate and hud settlement cost booklet

Where does the principal meridian and baseline meridian intersect

Tallahassee

A for your real estate degree is exempt from what

Four year degree in real estate is exempt from sales associate pre-and post license course, exempt from broker pre-license course, they are not exempt from 14 hours of continuing education every two years

advertisement must indicate what so it’s not a blind advertisement

License name of the brokerage firm

Internet advertisements must contain a point of contact which includes

Name of brokerage, address/both physical and mailing, email address, and telephone numbers

A single agent broker who wishes to remain loyal to the principal yet be involved with both sides of the transaction must

Work with the other party in a no official brokerage relationship role

To be valid a deed must be

Signed and witnessed

The most common method used by the federal reserve board to control supply of money is

Open market operations

Two expenses are deductible for income taxes that are not deducted in Calculating net operating income

Interest and depreciation

Under the income approach value equals

Income divided by rate

What requires disclosure of pertinent information such as down payment and annual percentage rate if he triggering items such as interest rate is advertised

Regulation Z