Maricopa Community Colleges  REA279   19982-20042 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/25/97

REA279  19982-20042

LEC

3 Credit(s)

3 Period(s)

Real Estate Principles III

Advanced study of real estate industry in Arizona. Focus on responsibilities of a real estate brokerage. Ownership, estates, title, agency, listings, property management and leases, fair housing and environmental laws, legal descriptions and subdivision law. REA279 and REA280 combined meet ADRE requirements to take broker licensing exam. Prerequisites: REA179 and REA180, or permission of instructor.

 

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

 

REA279  19982-20042

Real Estate Principles III

 

1.

Discuss how to establish and maintain a real estate brokerage. (I)

2.

Describe the legal concepts of ownership/estate and limitations. (II)

3.

Discuss the essentials of estates and limitations. (III)

4.

Describe the methods of taking title to real property. (IV)

5.

Discuss the law of agency and listings. (V)

6.

Describe the essentials of property management and leasehold estates. (VI)

7.

Discuss the essentials fair housing and environmental laws. (VII)

8.

Discuss legal descriptions and subdivision law in Arizona. (VIII)

 

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

 

REA279  19982-20042

Real Estate Principles III

 

 

I. Real Estate Brokerage

A. License Requirements

B. Arizona Department of Real Estate Broker Licensing Exam

C. Commissions

D. Trust Accounts

E. Broker's Responsibilities

II. Legal Concepts of Ownership/Estate and Limitations

A. Real Property

B. Personal Property (Fixtures/Trade Fixtures)

C. Police Power

D. Eminent Domain

E. Taxation

F. Escheat

G. Water Rights

III. Estates and Limitations

A. Adverse Possession

B. Wills

C. Mechanics Liens

D. Easements

E. Encroachments

IV. Methods of Taking Title

A. Fee Simple

B. Qualified Fee Estates

C. Life Estates

D. Homestead

E. Joint Tenants

F. Tenants in Common

G. Community Property

H. Tenancy by Entirety

I. Condominiums

J. Cooperatives

V. Law of Agency and Listings

A. Types of Agency

B. Dual Agency

C. Types of Listings

VI. Property Management and Leasehold Estates

A. Constructive Eviction

B. Reversion

C. Types of Leases

D. Types of Tenants

E. Fiduciary Responsibilities

VII. Fair Housing and Environmental Laws

A. Federal Fair Housing Laws

B. State Fair Housing Laws

C. Federal Environmental Laws

D. State Environmental Laws

VIII. Legal Descriptions and Arizona Subdivision Laws

A. Metes and Bounds

B. Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian

C. Townships and Ranges

D. Lots, Blocks, and Tracts

E. Commissioner's Public Report (CPR)

F. Lot Reservations

G. Purchase Contracts

H. Subdivision Approval

 

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