Contemporary Real Estate Law, Fourth Edition

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on Casebook Connect, including academic lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes practice questions, an outline tool, newsfeed, and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your classes. Contemporary Real Estate Law, Fourth Edition contains all the traditional topics in real estate law as well as the fresh, current information needed by real estate practitioners, brokers, investors, developers, homeowners, and anyone interested in the dynamic field of real estate. The authors focus on teaching the legal principles that create both rights enjoyed and the corresponding duties imposed upon parties to a real estate transaction. The accessible writing style combined with thoughtful pedagogy makes this text ideal for undergraduate students. Features include chapter outlines, objectives, and concept summaries; opening scenarios to prompt class discussion; thoughtful exercises; marginal definitions; legal terms in bolded text; and key terms, problems, and assignments at the end of each chapter for review. Contemporary Real Estate Law features the best and most current cases on each topic from courts across the United States. Exercises throughout the book challenge students to apply the law to real-world settings, and the “Focus on Ethics” sections highlight managerial decisions. Time-tested real estate forms and practice tips are provided to stimulate class discussion. New to the Fourth Edition: New feature in every chapter, 'AI in Action,' which provides students with opportunities to incorporate AI tools into practical assignments. Updated cases, examples, figures, and forms. Key Features: Clear, logical organization, structured into four learning units: Part I, Real Property Interests, introduces students to real property, including the basic rights and interests constituting real property, how they can be possessed, and how those interests may be described. In Part II, students become familiar with how real estate is purchased, financed, and conveyed. Part III discusses how property is owned, operated, insured, and conveyed. Part IV covers special real estate concepts, including zoning and land use; real estate taxation; construction law; bankruptcy aspects involved in real estate transactions and financing, and environmental law. Many case-based examples throughout the text ensure students can apply the principles they learn. Written with the student in mind, keeping legal theory to a minimum and introducing the practical applications of concepts in a logical manner. “Management Applications” exercises challenge students to apply the law to real-world situations. “Focus on Ethics” feature encourages students to think about ethical implications of decisions. Forms throughout the chapters help stimulate class discussion.