Exam Questions and All Correct
Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
Housing Market Collapse - Answer The principle cause of the 2008 recession
real estate meanings - Answer tangible property, intangible property, an industry/profession
Tangible real estate - Answer land and the things permanently attached to land
tangible real estate forms - Answer raw land, improvements to the land, improvements on
the land
raw land - Answer land in its natural state
improvements to the land - Answer consists of all the activities involved in taking land from
its natural state up to the point where it is to be built upon . excavation and fill, sewers and
utilities, streets and roads, upzoning
upzoning - Answer getting land zoned from a less valuable use to a more valuable use
improvements on the land - Answer structures
real estate as intangible property - Answer rights to the services or benefits provided by a
piece of physical/tangible real estate. right to use, transfer ownership, develop, keep other from
using it
real estate as an industry - Answer 6.5% of US workers were employed in construction or real
estate
real estate careers - Answer brokerage, valuation, real estate finance, development,
investments
real estate markets - Answer space/usage market and asset market
Space/Usage market - Answer where the services generated by a piece of real estate are
actually consumed
,asset market - Answer Where the properties themselves are bought and sold
space market sides - Answer demand side: households, firms, government agencies. supply
side: owners of the properties
asset market sides - Answer demand side: investors, private, real estate investment trusts,
pension funds, life insurance companies
supply side: developers
Real Estate Characteristics - Answer heterogeneity, immobility, localized markets, segments
markets, private information
heterogeneity - Answer every property is unique, each transaction is unique, due diligence
requires more time and resources
immobility - Answer consumer must always come to the property, surpluses/shortages cant
be eliminated by shifting the product to a new location
locality - Answer limited geographic area, employment centers
segmented - Answer the real estate market is actually a collection of loosely related
submarkets
private information - Answer leases and sales contracts are private, data is not publicly own
P - Answer permitted by right
N - Answer never permitted
S - Answer special use permit
FAR - Answer floor space to lot area ratio (SF of floorspace/SF of lot)
maximum lot coverage - Answer how much stuff you can put on your lot
,two dimensions of ownership - Answer what physical stuff do you have a legal interest in?
and what exactly does your legal interest allow you to do with the physical real estate?
characteristics of rights - Answer the government is obligated to support/enforce them. they
are non-revockable. they are enduring
fundamental rights of real property - Answer right of exclusive possession. right of use and
enjoyment. right of disposition
Right of Exclusive Possession - Answer Right to decide who can and cannot use the physical
real estate
Right of Use and Enjoyment - Answer You can enjoy the benefits of the physical real estate
for yourself
right of disposition - Answer You can get rid of any portion of the physical or legal property as
you see fit
physical real estate - Answer the surface fo the property and everything attached to it. set of
air rights. set of subsurface rights
fixture - Answer An item of personal property that has been converted to real property by
being permanently affixed to the realty.
fixture determinants - Answer intent, attachment, adaptation, relationship of the parties
legal interest - Answer possessory interest and nonpossessory interest
possessory interest - Answer include the right of exclusive possession, estates
nonpossessory interests - Answer Rights to physical real estate that do not include the right
of exclusive possession
types of possessory interests - Answer freehold estates and leasehold estates
Freehold Estate - Answer An estate in land in which ownership is for an indeterminate length
of time, in contrast to a leasehold estate.
, fee simple absolute estate - Answer most complete set of rights possible. still subject to some
private and public land use restrictions
fee simple conditional estate - Answer ownership interest is contingent on upholding some
condition. failure to uphold the condition leads to termination of their ownership interest.
reverts back to the previous owner
the lumpkin house - Answer example of fee simple defeasible
life estates - Answer ownership is granted so long as some named individual is alive. typically
paired with a remainder interest
remainder interest - Answer The remnant of an estate that has been conveyed to take effect
and be enjoyed after the termination of a prior estate, such as when an owner conveys a life
estate to one party and the remainder to another.
leasehold estate - Answer temporary transfer of the rights of use and possession
types of leasehold estates - Answer (1) Tenancy for Years
(2) Periodic Tenancy
(3) Tenancy at Will
(4) Tenancy at Sufferance
tenancy for years - Answer Specified beginning and ending date
Periodic Tenancy - Answer no predetermined termination date at start. automatically renews
unless sufficient notice is given by either party
tenancy at will - Answer no termination date at the start, no stated period, lease can be
terminated by either party at will
tenancy at sufferance - Answer -tenant possesses the property against the landlord's wishes
-tenant can be legally evicted
nonpossessory interest - Answer interests in real estate that do not include the right of
exclusive possession. easements, deed restrictions, liens