Electronic Transactions in Real Estate

Electronic Transactions in Real Estate
Author: Ben C. Scheible
Publisher: Dearborn Real Estate
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2003-08-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780793176434

Author Ben Scheible draws on his experience as an attorney and computer applications instructor in this timely examination of electronic, or paperless, transactions in real estate. This first-of-its-kind continuing education title explores e-signatures, digital signatures and security issues. The text reviews fundamental contract law basics and how they apply to electronic transactions. "The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act" (UETA), the E-sign Act and state laws that affect electronic transactions are also discussed. Benefits: * Notarization and acknowledgment issues, as well as transferring, storing and accessing electronic documents are discussed. * Learning Objectives and Glossary of key terms emphasize important concepts. * Figures illustrate the steps involved with various types of electronic transactions. * Practice Tips offer suggestions for using electronic transactions and overcoming the insecurity of using e-mail to create a contract * End-of-chapter quizzes reinforce the materil and identify topics requiring additional review. * Instructor Resources include final exam with answer key and a PowerPoint presentation with lecture outlines.

A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions

A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Author: Gregory M. Stein
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2016
Genre: Commercial real estate
ISBN: 9781634254861

For proven guidance and techniques for handling a commercial real estate deal, this practical guide will help you negotiate and close the deal. The authors cover each step of a real estate transaction in the order in which it generally arises, and offers pertinent advice, practice comments, and sample forms throughout. Because much of the real estate lawyer's practice revolves around transactional documents, the book's chapters emphasize the drafting, negotiation, and revision needed to get a deal closed. Written by a law professor and two real estate practitioners, this book offers a useful combination of text overview and practice pointers. It helps lawyers with less experience navigate through the maze of steps involved in a real estate transaction. At the same time, it serves as a valuable reference for more seasoned attorneys as well as those whose practice is concentrated in other areas of the law. Downloadable forms are available online.

Accounting for Real Estate Transactions

Accounting for Real Estate Transactions
Author: Maria K. Davis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470603380

Accounting for Real Estate Transactions, Second Edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference guide, specifically written to help professionals understand and apply the accounting rules relating to real estate transactions. This book provides financial professionals with a powerful tool to evaluate the accounting consequences of specific deals, enabling them to structure transactions with the accounting consequences in mind, and to account for them in accordance with US GAAP. Accountants and auditors are provided with major concepts, clear and concise explanations of real estate accounting rules, detailed applications of US GAAP, flowcharts, and exhaustive cross-references of the authoritative literature.

Real Estate Transactions

Real Estate Transactions
Author: Robin Paul Malloy
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Total Pages: 1064
Release: 2002
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials, Second Edition, provides an updated and thorough explanation of both the principles and the process to give students a complete understanding of what happens and why.The casebook earned the respect of instructors nationwide through its effective structure and approach: - detailed text explains basic elements and market factors involved in each area of law - problems that increase in difficulty are the main teaching vehicle - carefully chose cases illustrate key points and the ways in which complications arise in practice, addressing both commercial and residential real estate - cases and materials reveal ethical issues as they arise in the real world - an extremely helpful Teacher's Manual includes answers to all the problems and an analysis of all principal casesThe Second Edition responds to user feedback to make the casebook even more effective: - the accompanying forms disk includes Contracts, deeds, mortgages, title insurance policies, and many other common real estate documents, together with problem sets keyed to the documents - streamlined for easier classroom use -- the text is over 300 pages shorter than the previous edition - provides updated information on UCC Article 9 as it relates to commercial lending practice - commentary on new federal legislation related to electronic signatures - offers cases relating to brokers, deed warranties of title, title insurance, mortgage default, and race and mortgage lending practices

Market Distortions when Agents are Better Informed

Market Distortions when Agents are Better Informed
Author: Steven D. Levitt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2005
Genre: Real property
ISBN:

"Agents are often better informed than the clients who hire them and may exploit this informational advantage. Real-estate agents, who know much more about the housing market than the typical homeowner, are one example. Because real estate agents receive only a small share of the incremental profit when a house sells for a higher value, there is an incentive for them to convince their clients to sell their houses too cheaply and too quickly. We test these predictions by comparing home sales in which real estate agents are hired by others to sell a home to instances in which a real estate agent sells his or her own home. In the former case, the agent has distorted incentives; in the latter case, the agent wants to pursue the first-best. Consistent with the theory, we find homes owned by real estate agents sell for about 3.7 percent more than other houses and stay on the market about 9.5 days longer, even after controlling for a wide range of housing characteristics. Situations in which the agent's informational advantage is larger lead to even greater distortions"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

State-by-State Guide to Commercial Real Estate Leases, 7th Edition

State-by-State Guide to Commercial Real Estate Leases, 7th Edition
Author: Senn
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Total Pages: 3302
Release: 2016-12-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1454874627

State-by-State Guide to Commercial Real Estate Leases is the only reference that cuts through the tangle of state laws and gathers together--in one two volume set--the essential information you need to know. It's all presented in a unique instant-access format that's quick and easy to use. With the new 2017 Edition of State-by-State Guide to Commercial Real Estate Leases, your days of fumbling through multiple titles for the valuable information you need are over. Built around 51 comprehensive charts, State-by-State Guide to Commercial Real Estate Leases reviews the relevant statutes in each state that regulate every facet of commercial real estate leasing. It gives you the statutes themselves, plus commentary explaining how they are used, case law, citations of authority, and more. Whether you're in private practice or part of an in-house legal group, this ready reference to relevant statutes is sure to help you: Cut down research time Spot possible problems early and correct or work around them Avoid costly and embarrassing mistakes Protect yourself, your company, and/or your clients at every step State-by-State Guide to Commercial Real Estate Leases is written by the top real estate lawyers in each state--pre-eminent practitioners--so you can be sure it's authoritative and accurate. Each expert contributor has researched over 100 specific aspects of commercial real estate leasing--from assignments and subleases to tenant's obligations and attorneys' fees--to bring you the most complete and up-to-date coverage available anywhere today.