Deck 1: Real Estate Investment: Basic Legal Concepts

Question 1

A reciprocal easement agreement allows two or more parties to access each other's property.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What type of estate lasts for an indefinite period of time?

A) Freehold estate
B) Estate from year to year
C) Leasehold estate
D) Estate for years

Answer 2

Freehold estate

Question 3

Which of the following documents conveys title to a property at the time the purchaser completes the performance of the obligation called for in the document?

A) Junior mortgage
B) Package mortgage
C) Purchase-money mortgage
D) Land contract

Answer 3

Land contract

Question 4

The term real estate refers to the ownership rights associated with the physical land and improvements.

Question 5

After a house is purchased, contractors cannot ask the new owner of the house to pay any bills that were outstanding before the house was sold.

Question 6

Which type of deed offers the grantee the MOST protection?

A) Quitclaim deed
B) Special warranty deed
C) General warranty deed
D) Officer's deed

Question 7

An) ___ estate represents the most complete form of ownership of real estate; the owner is free to divide it up into lesser estates and sell, lease, or borrow against them as he or she wishes.

A) Fee simple
B) Freehold
C) Leasehold
D) Life
E) Outright

Question 8

Real estate refers to the physical land and improvements constructed on the land.

Question 9

If a lender is to repossess or bring about the sale of a property if the borrower defaults on the mortgage loan, the lender is said to have a ___ in the real estate.

A) Freehold interest
B) Lease interest
C) Secured interest
D) Quitclaim

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a good method of title assurance?

A) Seller provides a warranty in the deed
B) An attorney searches recorded documents
C) Title insurance is purchased
D) Seller provides a quitclaim deed

Question 11

What legal document conveys title from one person to another?

A) Mortgage
B) Note
C) Deed
D) Title

Question 12

A quitclaim deed says that the grantor "quits" whatever claim he has in the property in favor of the grantee.

Question 13

Real property refers to the ownership rights associated with real estate.

Question 14

As compared to other types of deeds, a general warranty deed provides the most comprehensive warranties about the quality of the title to the property.

Question 15

Which of the following is FALSE regarding a tax sale?

A) An accurate and complete description of the property is required to be posted for possible purchasers before the sale
B) The property owner may not have had a court appearance through due process, thus creating a cloud on the title
C) The line of authority for the sale may not be clear
D) The purchaser is usually expected to pay all delinquent taxes at the time of sale

Question 16

Mr. Smith has allowed Mrs. Jones to run a sewer line through Mr. Smith's backyard so that Mrs. Jones has access to the city sewer system. This is an example of an):

A) Easement
B) Encumberance
C) Estate for years
D) Title assurance

Question 17

It is illegal to give a quitclaim deed if the grantor has no claim in the property.

Question 18

A fee simple estate is a type of freehold estate.

Question 19

A historical summary of the publicly-recorded documents that affect the ownership of a property is know as an):

A) Estate
B) Deed
C) Abstract of title
D) Lien

Question 20

What term BEST describes a person that owns a property and is conveying title to the property to another person?

A) Mortgagor
B) Grantor
C) Mortgagee
D) Grantee

Question 21

A reversion and a remainder are similar in that:

A) Both can be sold or mortgaged
B) Both cause the property to go back to the grantor after the sale
C) Neither is an actual interest in the property
D) Neither is considered a future estate

Question 22

Which of the following is FALSE concerning Mechanic's Liens?

A) Gives the right to attach a lien on real estate
B) Can get money through forcing judicial sale
C) Lasts even after the bill for labor and materials has been paid
D) Might not be disclosed by the public records