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Principles of Real Estate Practice in Florida contains the essentials of Florida real estate law, principles, and practices necessary for basic competence as a real estate professional and as mandated by Florida license law and the FREC 1 course outline. It is based on our highly successful and popular national publication, Principles of Real Estate Practice, which is in use in real estate schools nationwide.
The text is tailored to the needs of the prelicense student. It is designed tomake it easy for students to learn the material and pass their real estate exam
prepare students for numerous career applications
stress practical, rather than theoretical, skills and knowledge.
Principles of Real Estate Practice in Florida is streamlined, direct and to-the-point. It includes multiple learning reinforcements. It has a student-oriented organization, both within each section and from section to section. Its examples and exercises are grounded in the authors' many years in real estate education.
Table of ContentsThe Real Estate Business
Real Estate License Law and Qualifications for Licensure
Real Estate License Law and Commission Rules
Authorized Relationships, Duties, and Disclosure
Real Estate Brokerage Activities and Procedures
Violations of License Law, Penalties, and Procedures
Federal and State Laws Pertaining to Real Estate
Property Rights: Estates & Tenancies; Condos, Coops, CDDs, HOAs, and Time-Sharing
Title, Deeds and Ownership Restrictions
Legal Descriptions
Real Estate Contracts
Residential Mortgages
Types of Mortgages and Sources of Financing
Real Estate Related Computations; Closing Transactions
The Real Estate Market and Analysis
Real Estate Appraisal
Real Estate Investments and Business Opportunity Brokerage
Taxes Affecting Real Estate
Planning, Zoning and Environmental Hazards
Real Estate Mathematics
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About the author
Stephen Mettling and David Cusic have operated one of the nation's most successful custom training organizations specializing in real estate program development. They are perhaps best known for writing Principles of Real Estate Practice, a national real estate principles textbook used by over 50,000 students per year. Stephen Mettling has been a real estate educator and custom training program developer specializing in real estate over the past forty years. During that time he has written or co-developed over 100 books, professional training programs and texts covering all aspects of residential, commercial, and corporate real estate for national trade organizations and real estate companies. Additionally Steve has directed numerous statewide real estate schools and served as vice president of Dearborn Financial Services where he headed up the country's largest real estate, securities and insurance license training network.Dr. Cusic, an author and educator, has been engaged in vocation-oriented education since 1966. David earned his Ph.D in linguistics from Stanford University. Specializing in real estate training since 1978, he has developed numerous real estate training programs for corporate and institutional clients around the country including NAR, CoreNet Global, and the CCIM Institute.¿Ryan Mettling, partner and currently publisher of Performance Programs, is an accomplished online curriculum designer, author and course developer.
