11. Real Property (Real Estate, Realty) Flashcards
(42 cards)
Real property
Is the land everything attached to (tenements) and the rights that accompany it.
What is real property transferred by?
Deed
Deed
The written document by which a property owner as “grantor” conveys to a “grantee” in ownership, interest in real property.
Parties to a deed
“Grantor” gives a deed and “Grantee”, receives a deed
Land
The land is the basic real property. Ownership extends to the sky and down to the center of the earth. Ownership includes air rights and subsurface rights.
Land me, decrease or increase due to
Erosion, Avulsion, Accretion
Erosion
The gradual wearing away of soil
Avulsion
The sudden separation of land due to natural causes
Accretion
The increase of land due to natural causes
Physical characteristics of land
Fixed, heterogeneity (non-homogeneous, uniqueness), indestructible
Fixed
Location (immovable)
Heterogeneity (non-homogeneous, uniqueness)
No to partials of the land or the same
Indestructible
Not able to destroy
Scarcity
Limited amount
Modification
Well, you can be increased by improvements
Fixity
Non-liquid assets takes time to convert to cash without losing principle investment
Situs
Location, location location
Appurtenances
Are the rights and improvements that are attached to the land and transferred with the land unless reserved or excepted on the deed. Appurtenance may be corporate or incorporeal.
Corporeal real estate
Improvements such as buildings, fences, trees, sidewalks, and perennial plants (fructose naturals fruits of nature)
Incorporeal rights, relationships, and privileges
Mineral rights, air rights, riparian rights, easement rights, hereditament rights, bundle of rights, Disposition rights, Exclusion rights, enjoyment, rights, possession, rights, control rights
Mineral rights
Oil, gas, coal rights, etc
Air rights
Rights above property
Riparian rights
Rights of a property adjoining a river or a stream to the land beneath the water or to the water itself
Easements
Right across another person’s land for a specific use that benefits the easement holder