Principles of Real Estate - No. 0111

This course has been written to provide an understanding of the basic principles and business fundamentals of real estate. Emphasis is placed on an easily readable presentation that combines explanations of the basic principles of the subject with "why" things are done and "how'' these principles apply to everyday activities.

The course is organized to help build your knowledge of real estate. For example, land description methods and rights and interests in land are necessary to sales contracts, abstracts, deeds, mortgages, and listings, and therefore are discussed early in the text.

The course is constructed around the textbook 'Texas Real Estate' by Charles J. Jacobus, which is included with the course. Each of the 17 Units in the course corresponds with a chapter in the text. The first page of each unit tells you the appropriate text chapter to study. You should work through the units in the order presented, even though this will require studying some the chapters in the text out of order.

Unit	Title
1	Nature and Description of Real Estate
2	Rights and Interests in Land
3	Forms of Ownership
4	Transferring Title
5	Recordation, Abstracts, and Title Insurance
6	Mortgage Theory and the Law
7	Lending Practices
8	The Loan and the Consumer
9	Sources of Financing
10	Types of Financing
11	Title Closing and Escrow
12	Appraisal
13	Licensing Laws & Professional Affiliation
14	The Principal-Broker Relationship: Employment
15	Fair Housing, ADA, Equal Credit, & Comm. Reinvestment
16	Condominiums, Cooperatives, PUDS, & Timeshares
17	Land Use Control

The course contains practice quizzes, exercises and flashcards for each of the units, and is completed with a multiple choice final exam.