Principles of Real Estate Practice: 6th Edition

Stephen Mettling · David Cusic

Mar 2019 · Performance Programs Company

About this ebook

Principles of Real Estate Practice by Mettling and Cusic is a modern learning tool for the student preparing to enter the real estate business as a licensed professional. The textbook contains the essentials of real estate law, principles, and practices taught in real estate schools and colleges across the country, including all those fundamentals that real estate educators, practicing professionals, national testing services, and state licensing officials agree are necessary for basic competence. Principles of Real Estate Practice covers the national requirements for the initial 30-90+ hours of classroom study, or its equivalent, mandated by state license laws across the country.

Principles of Real Estate Practice is tailored to the needs of the pre-license student. The textbook is designed to-make it easy for students to learn the material

-prepare students for numerous career applications

-stress practical, rather than theoretical, skills and knowledge.

It is more streamlined, direct and to-the-point than other books. It includes more learning reinforcements. It has a student-oriented organization, both within each chapter and from chapter to chapter. Its examples and exercises are grounded in the authors’ fifty combined years in real estate education.

Table of Contents of the 6th Edition

The Real Estate Business

Rights in Real Estate

Interests and Estates

Ownership

Encumbrances and Liens

Transferring and Recording 

Title to Real Estate

Real Estate Leases

Land Use Planning and Control

Legal Descriptions

Real Estate Contract Law

Agency

Listing Agreements

The Brokerage Business

Contracts for the Sale of Real Estate

Real Estate Market Economics

Appraising and Estimating Market Value

Real Estate Finance

Real Estate Investment

Real Estate Taxation

Professional Practices

Closings

Real Estate Licensing and Regulation

Risk Management

Property Management

Real Estate Mathematics and Formulas

Glossary of Residential Style and Construction Terms

Glossary of General Real Estate Terms

Index

Note: For some states, we have state-specific versions of Principles of Real Estate Practice. We also publish the Real Estate License Exam Prep (RELEP) Series of exam prep books.

About the author

For over forty years, Stephen Mettling and David Cusic, PhD, have operated Performance Programs Company, one of the nation's most successful custom training organizations specializing in real estate program development. Mr. Mettling and Dr. Cusic have jointly written over 100 books, courses, and custom programs in all facets of real estate for some of the country’s largest organizations including the National Association of Realtors® and its many Institutes.

Mr. Mettling has also served as vice president and author for the country’s largest real estate training and publishing organization. Under various capacities, he has managed the acquisition, development, and sale of national real estate textbooks and publications, as well as directed the country's largest affiliated group of real estate schools.

Dr. Cusic, an author and educator with international real estate training experience, has been engaged in vocation-oriented education since 1966. Specializing in real estate training since 1983, he has developed numerous real estate training programs for corporate and institutional clients around the country.