UNL Finance 382

Real Estate Principals and Practices

Instructor: Jan E. Beran, Esq.

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Index
Spring 2012 Check back often, reading schedule is subject to change without notice.

1. Reading Assignments¹ and Time Table
   Please note that the links posted with the reading assignment are to outlines of former lectures and they may not necessarily track with the current lecture. See the links to the Power Point notes below. Week
   1. January 9
      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
      6. Ch 1. Introduction to Real Estate
      
      January 16, No class Martin Luther King Day
      
      
   2. Jaunary 23
   1. Ch 1. Introduction to Real Estate
   2. Ch 2. Nature and Description of Real Estate
   3. Ch 17. Real Estate Leases
   4. Residential Landlord and Tenant Law Highlights
   5. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act ^3.
   6. Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act
   7. Ch 23. Condominiums, Cooperatives, PUDs and Timeshares
   3. January 30
   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
   4. Ch 5. Transferring Title
   4. February 6
   Quiz/Test 1 covers Ch. 1 - 5, 17, and 23 in Jacobus; Landlord Tenant and Sources of Law lectures.
   February 13
   1. Ch 6. Recordation, Abstracts, and Title Insurance
      
   2. Ch 7. Contract Law
   3. Ch 8. Real Estate Sales Contracts Skip Installment Contracts through Protections pp 131-132 and pp 136-138 Exchange Agreements
   February 20
   1. Ch 19. Licensing Laws and Professional Affiliation
   2. Ch 20. The Principal-Broker Relationship: Employment
   3. Ch 21. The Principal-Broker Relationship: Agency
   4. Nebraska Agency Relationships
   February 27
   Quiz 2 covers Ch. 6-8 and 19-21 and Nebraska Agency Relationships
   March 5
   1. Ch 8. review Installment Contracts pp. 131-133 (up to Option Contracts)
   2. Ch 9. Mortgage and Note
   3. Ch 10 Deed of Trust
   4. Ch 11. Lending Practices
   5. Ch 12. The Loan and the Consumer
   March 12
   1. Ch 13. Sources of Financing
   2. Ch 14. Types of Financing
   3. Written projects due by end of class. No credit given after this date. Click here to view a sample of prior top papers.
   
   March 21 No Class, Spring Break
   
   
   March 26
   Quiz/Test 3 Covers Ch. 8-14 in Jacobus
   April 2
   1. Ch 15. Taxes and Assessments
   2. Ch 16. Title Closing and Escrow
   3. Ch 18. Real Estate Appraisal
   4. Ch 24. Property Insurance
   5. Ch 25. Land-Use Control
   April 9
   1. Ch 26. Real Estate and the Economy
   2. Ch 27. Investing in Real Estate
   3. Ethics (see the National Association of Realtor's Code of Ethics in the text)
   4. Ch 22. Fair Housing, ADA, Equal Credit, and Community Reinvestment
   April 16
   Quiz/Test 4 Covers ch. 15, 16, 18, 22, 24-27 in Jacobus and the Ethics lecture
   April 23
   Dead Week
   Review for Final Exam
   April 30, 2009 8:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
   Final Exam Click here to open the Final Exam "Preview" please note that the final exam for this semester will not be posted until a week prior to dead week. The answers to the Final Exam Preview will not be posted, the student is responsible to find out the answer.
2. Study Materials and Helps, Quizes and Tests
1. Sample Test
2. Study Guides. Please note, the study guides are updated immediately prior to the test, please check the date and semester on the studyguides.
1. Unit 1
2. Unit 2
3. Unit 3
4. Unit 4
5. Final Exam "Preview" please note that the final exam for this semester will not be posted until a week prior to dead week. The answers to the Final Exam Preview will not be posted, the student is responsible to find out the answer.
3. Power Point Presentations and Other Study Materials

Note: some presentations have been saved in Rich Text Format (rtf) or Adobe (pdf) format 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. Chapter 5
8. Chapter 6
9. Chapter 7
10. Chapter 8
11. Chapter 9
12. Chapter 10
13. Chapter 11
14. Chapter 12
15. Chapter 13
16. Chapter 14
17. Chapter 15
18. Chapter 16
19. Chapter 17
20. Chapter 18
21. Chapter 19
22. Ethics
23. Chapters 20-22
24. Agency
25. Chapter 23
26. Chapter 24
27. Chapters 25 thru 27
28. Environment
4. Tests and Answers (a 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
5. Final Exam "Preview"
3. Evaluation and Grades. See BlackBoard
4. Supplemental Reading:
1. Sample papers from prior semester's students.

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Footnotes:

^1. All references to chapters are to Real Estate Principles, 11th 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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