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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  1. Fall 2010 Reading Assignments1 and Time Table
    Please note, the links in the weekly sections refer to an outline I used prior to converting to my lectures to Power Point. See those links in the Study Guides section.

    Week
    1. August 23
      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
    2. August 30
      1. Ch 17. Real Estate Leases
      2. Ch 2. Nature and Description of Real Estate
      3. Ch 23. Condominiums, Cooperatives, PUDs and Timeshares
    3. September 6
      4. No Class Labor Day
    4. September 13
      1. PROFILES DUE (for sample) no credit if turned in after this date. For instructions see Syllabus.
      2. Ch 3. Rights and Interests in Real Estate
      3. Ch 4. Forms of Ownership
      4. Ch 5. Transferring Title
      5. Buying Your Home4.
    5. September 20
      6. Quiz/Test 1 covers Ch. 1 - 5, 17, and 23 in Jacobus; Landlord Tenant and Sources of Law lectures.
    6. September 27
      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
    7. October 4
      1. Ch 19. Licensing Laws and Professional Affiliation
    8. Ch 20. The Principal-Broker Relationship: Employment
    9. Ch 21. The Principal-Broker Relationship: Agency
    10. Nebraska Agency Relationships
      Nebraska Agency Relationships by Jan E. Beran
  2. October 11
    3. Quiz 2 covers Ch. 6-8 and 19-21 and Nebraska Agency Relationships
  3. October 18
    4. No Class, Fall Break
  4. October 25
    1. Written projects due by end of class. No credit given after this date. Click here to view a sample from one of your peers.
    2. Ch 8. review Installment Contracts pp. 131-133 (up to Option Contracts)
    3. Ch 9. Mortgage and Note
    4. Ch 10 Deed of Trust
    5. Ch 11. Lending Practices
    6. Ch 12. The Loan and the Consumer
  5. November 1
    1. Ch 13. Sources of Financing
    2. Ch 14. Types of Financing
  6. Ch 16. Title Closing and Escrow
  7. Ch 18. Real Estate Appraisal
  8. Ch 24. Property Insurance
  • November 8
    • Quiz/Test 3 Covers Ch. 8-14 in Jacobus
  • November 15
    1. Ch 15. Taxes and Assessments
    2. Ch 16. Title Closing and Escrow
    3. Ch 18. Real Estate Appraisal
  • November 22
    1. Ch 24. Property Insurance
    2. Ch 25. Land-Use Control
    3. Ch 26. Real Estate and the Economy
    4. Ch 27. Investing in Real Estate
    5. Code of Ethics...Realtors pages 338-347
    6. Should you Buy or Rent? (Why you all took this class)
    7. Review for Final Exam
  • November 29
      • Quiz/Test 4 Covers ch. 15, 16, 18, 22, 24-27 in Jacobus and the Ethics lecture
    1. Project due (only for those who must complete the special project)
  • December 6
    • Dead Week -
  • December 13
    • Final Exam 8:15 p.m. in our classroom
  • Power Point Presentations and Other Study Guides

    • Note: some presentations have been saved in Word (doc) or 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. 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
  • Study guides
    1. Test 1
    2. Test 2
    3. Test 3
    4. Test 4
    5. Final Exam
  • Tests
    1. Test 1
    2. Test 2
    3. Test 3
    4. Test 4
  • Grades
  • Supplemental Reading:
    • 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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