California Real Estate Principles Ch. 1

California real estate principles notes

23 cards   |   Total Attempts: 191
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Commission
Negotiable between principle and broker though normally 5%-6%.
Property
Rights and interests a person has in the thing owned.
Bundle of Rights Theory
Ownership consists of Possesion, Enjoyment, Control and Disposition.
Possesion
One of the four basic rights of ownership involving the right to occupy, rent and keep others out.
Enjoyment
One of the four basic rights of ownership defined as the right to "peace and quiet" without interference from past owners and others.
Control
One of the four rights of ownership defined as the right to physically change or keep the property the way you like it.
Disposition
One of the four basic rights of ownership defined as the right to transfer all or parts of your property to others as you see fit.
Real Property
Described as the right or interest that a person has in the land or anything attached to the land. "immovable" by law.
Land Ownership
Defined as the rights to the space above the land, the surface of the land and the space below the surface.
Mineral Rights
Rights of an owner to minerals up to 500 feet below a property.
Riparian Right
Right of an owner to the reasonable use of moving free flowing water on, under, and adjacent to the property w/o infringing on neighbors.
Littoral Right
Right of a landowner to the reasonable usage of a non-flowing body of water with a shoreline abutting their property.
Improvement
Anything attached to the land such as buildings, fences, walls etc. They become real property when permanently affixed to the land.
Personal Property
That which is tangible and easily movable.
Fixture
Personal property attached to the land so that they become real property, i.e. their removal would cause permanent damage or an unusable area.