UNL Finance 382

Real Estate Principals and Practices

Instructor: Jan E. Beran, Esq.


My office address, phone and fax:
Suite 112, 5625 O Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68510
Phn: (402) 466-7110
Fax: (402) 466-1950



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(beran@aol.com)


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Reading schedule is subject to change without notice.
  1. Reading Assignments1 and Time Table
    Week
      1. January 14
        1. Sources of "the" Law.
        2. Anatomy of a Real Estate Transaction
        3. Residential Landlord and Tenant Law Highlights
        4. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act 3.
        5. Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act
      2. Jaunary 21
        1. Ch 1. Introduction to Real Estate
        2. Ch 19. Licensing Laws and Professional Affiliation
  • Ch 17. Real Estate Leases
  • Ch 2. Nature and Description of Real Estate
  • January 28
    1. PROFILES DUE (for sample) no credit if turned in after this date
    2. Ch 3. Rights and Interests in Real Estate
    3. Ch 4. Forms of Ownership
  • February 4
    • Quiz/Test 1
  • February 11
    1. Ch 5. Transferring Title
    2. Ch 6. Recordation, Abstracts, and Title Insurance
    3. Ch 7. Contract Law
    4. Ch 8. Real Estate Sales Contracts
  • February 18
    1. Ch 9. Mortgage and Note
    2. Ch 10 Deed of Trust
    3. Ch 11. Lending Practices
    4. Ch 12. The Loan and the Consumer
  • February 25
    • Quiz 2
  • March 4
    1. Ch 13. Sources of Financing
    2. Ch 14. Types of Financing
    3. Ch 15. Taxes and Assessments
  • March 11
    1. Ch 16. Title Closing and Escrow
    2. Ch 18. Real Estate Appraisal
    3. Ch 24. Property Insurance
    4. Written projects due by end of class. No credit given after this date. Click here to view a sample of prior top papers.
  • March 18
    • No Class, Spring Break
  • March 25
    • Quiz/Test 3
  • April 1
    1. Ch 20. The Principal-Broker Relationship: Employment
    2. Ch 21. The Principal-Broker Relationship: Agency
    3. Nebraska Agency Relationships
  • April 8
    1. Ch 23. Condominiums, Cooperatives, PUDs and Timeshares
    2. Ch 25. Land-Use Control
    3. Ch 26. Real Estate and the Economy
    4. Ch 27. Investing in Real Estate
  • April 15
    1. Buying Your Home4.
    2. Ethics (see the National Association of Realtor's Code of Ethics in the text)
    3. Ch 22. Fair Housing, ADA, Equal Credit, and Community Reinvestment
    4. Environmental issues (Lecture from Outline)
  • April 22
    • Quiz/Test 4
  • April 29
    • Dead Week
    Review for Final Exam
  • May 6, 2009 8:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
    • Final Exam
  • Study Materials and Helps, Quizes and Tests
    1. Sample Test
    2. Study Guides
      1. Unit 1
      2. Unit 2
      3. Unit 3
      4. Unit 4
    3. Power Point Presentations and Other Study Materials

      4. Note: some presentations have been saved in Rich Text Format (rtf) to conserve space on my website. I frequently update the presentations as late as minutes before class. The latest copy may or may not be the posted version.
      1. Sources of Real Estate Law
      2. Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant
      3. Chapter 1
      4. Chapter 2
      5. Chapter 3
      6. Chapter 4
      7. Chapters 5 thru 8
      8. Chapters 9 thru 12
      9. Chapters 9 thru 12 Terms
      10. Chapter 13
      11. Chapter 14
      12. Chapter 15
      13. Chapter 16
      14. Chapter 17
      15. Chapter 18
      16. Chapter 19
      17. Ethics
      18. Chapters 20-22
      19. Agency
      20. Chapter 23
      21. Chapter 24
      22. Chapters 25 thru 27
      23. Environment
    4. Tests and Answers (previous semester's test posted until after the test)
      1. Quiz/Test 1
      2. Quiz/Test 2
      3. Quiz/Test 3
      4. Quiz/Test 4
  • Evaluation and Grades. See BlackBoard
  • Supplemental Reading:
    1. Sample papers from prior semester's students.
    Footnotes:
    1. All references to chapters are to Real Estate Principles, 10th edition. Charles J. Jacobus
    2. See Neb. R.R.S. § 76-2401 et. seq. or Agency Relationships online.
    3. See Neb. R.R.S. § 76-1401 et. seq. or Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA).
    4. Buying Your Home. http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/res/sfhrestc.cfm)
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