Exploring Real Estate Ownership
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Real estate includes all of the following EXCEPT:

  • Fixtures
  • Severable things
  • Land
  • Cultivated crops (correct)
  • Which of the following is NOT considered a fixture?

  • Trees
  • Fences
  • Buildings
  • Cultivated crops (correct)
  • What is the test of a fixture?

  • Intention of the person in placing the item on the land
  • Method by which the item is attached (correct)
  • Relationship of the parties
  • Adaptability of the item for the land's ordinary use
  • What is a trade fixture?

    <p>An item owned and attached to a rental space or building by a tenant and used for business purposes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are transferable development rights of airspace?

    <p>Rights to use the air above the earth's surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered part of the real estate, except for cultivated crops and other severable things?

    <p>Site</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of estate is the highest interest in real estate recognized by law?

    <p>Fee simple estate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fee simple estate has no restrictions on the ownership right?

    <p>Fee simple absolute</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fee simple estate is limited in some way?

    <p>Fee simple qualified</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fee simple estate has a limitation on property use that could result in the loss of the ownership right?

    <p>Fee simple defeasible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of estate is a present, possessory interest that lasts only as long as the life of a stated person or persons?

    <p>Life estate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the person who holds what is called an estate in remainder during the life of the holder of the life estate?

    <p>Remainderman</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of property ownership allows for sole control over disposition of the property and is sole recipient of any benefits that flow from it?

    <p>Individual Ownership</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe when part of an improvement to land extends over the boundary line onto an adjoining parcel?

    <p>Encroachment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of co-ownership allows each tenant to have the right to possession of the entire property and cannot be excluded by the other tenants?

    <p>Tenancy in Common</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of co-ownership includes the right of survivorship, where the last surviving joint tenant acquires the deceased tenant's interest?

    <p>Joint Tenancy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of marital property ownership is all property acquired by either spouse during marriage, except property acquired by gift or inheritance?

    <p>Community Property</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to a tenancy by the entirety in the event of divorce?

    <p>It automatically becomes a tenancy in common</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is true about trade fixtures?

    <p>Trade fixtures can be removed by the tenant before the end of the lease term.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to trade fixtures that are not removed by the tenant?

    <p>They become the property of the landlord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to know the distinction between fixtures and personal property?

    <p>Fixtures contribute to the value estimate of real estate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which system is commonly used to describe residential and commercial building lots in the US?

    <p>Lot and Block System</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the metes and bounds description in land surveying?

    <p>To measure distances from specified boundary markers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many sections are there in a township in the Rectangular Survey System?

    <p>36</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of ownership allows for the absolute ownership of a unit in a multiunit building based on a legal description of the airspace the unit actually occupies?

    <p>Condominium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When a partner dies in a partnership, what happens to that partner's interest in partnership property?

    <p>It is transferred to the surviving partners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of ownership requires each owner to be a shareholder in the corporation that holds title to the real estate?

    <p>Cooperative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to partnership property when it is transferred by the partnership?

    <p>The rights of all partners must be transferred</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of ownership allows for individually owned parcels together with shared common areas?

    <p>Planned Unit Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is responsible for reporting and paying taxes on partnership income?

    <p>Each individual partner</p> Signup and view all the answers

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