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Open listings may be either:
Oral or implied
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Callers on classified advertising ususally ask for the ____________ _____________
Property address
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Percentage added to Adjustable Rate Mortgage is called the
margin
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The best source for Sales Associates to find FSBOs is the
Classified ads
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3 components of title search:
- 1) Survey
- 2) Physical inspection
- 3) public records search
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owner lists his house with a broker but doesn't have to pay a commission if he sells his property himself. This is a/n ____________ _____________ listing
Exclusive agency
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To ensure that no damage was was done to the home during moving a buyer should:
Conduct a pre-closing walk through inspection
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Three basic components of listening skills are:
Hear, understand, evaluate
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Three keys to prospecting success are:
Consistency, numbers, organization
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A broker must give a brokerage relationship disclosure for "single" and "no brokerage" relationships for residential sales. Name the three criteria for a property to qualify as a residential sale:
- - Residential property (≤4 units)
- - Vacant land (zoned for ≤4 units)
- - farm≤10 acres
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The Housing for Older Persons Act allows certain communities to be exempt from "family status" protection provided by the Fair Housing Act. If two conditions are met:
80%≤ of units, 55+ age
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The Can-SPAM Act
- From & to & routing info be correct & identify the sender
- Recipient must be given an opt-out method
- Commercial email must be identified as an advertisement & include sender’s valid physical postal address
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The principle is responsible for the acts of his/her ____________ _____________
Single agent
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A reflecting method that is occasionally repeated is called ________________
Matching
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The business cycle phase where consumers reduce spending is ________________
Contraction
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A sales associate receives a deposit on Thursday. If his/her broker holds the escrow account, the funds must be deposited no later than ____________
Tuesday
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Potential Gross Income minus Vacancy and Collections equals _____________
Effective Gross Income
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Best source of listings for a new sales associate is __________ ____ ________
Sphere of influence
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A fixed rate, amortized mortgage with 26 annual payments resulting in a faster payoff than a traditional 30 year mortgage is a ______ ______
Biweekly mortgage
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Most individuals begin their real estate investment portfolio by buying a: _________ _________ _________
Single family home or duplex
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The three types of operating expenses of an income producing property are:
- Fixed
- variable
- reserves for replacement
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Apartments currently available for rent, in excellent condition and ready to show to prospects are on the _________ _________
Show list
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The principle of conformity in a subdivision is protected by _________ _________
Restrictive covenants
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The last item to be covered when presenting an offer is _________
Price
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A non-cash expense that plans for the eventual wearing out of major property components is called __________ ____ ________
reserves for replacements
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_________ is the illegal practice of charging higher interest rates for homes located in a minority area.
Redlining
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Long-term capital gains are taxed at a maximum rate of __ %
15%
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lf a sales contract describes each piece of personal property remaining with the property after the sale and includes a separate price for each piece:
Sales tax must be paid on personal property
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When staging a home a seller should not
Use unique decorative touches
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A licensee may prepare an appraisal if he/she is not involved in the sale and ____________
The listing of the property
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Name four characteristics you should look for when selecting a farm area:
- High turnover
- increasing property values
- not being farmed
- mid to upper price range
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Two successive year-to-year quarterly increases of the GDP is ____
Recovery
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Concerning the Junk Fax Protection Act what is the term for the following definition? A prior existing relationship formed by a voluntary two-way communication between persons, entities or businesses __________ ____ ________
Established business relationship
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What law prevents a private homeowner from discriminating against race when selling his/her home? ____________________
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not protect persons with _______, ________, or _______
- Substance abuse
- temporary impairments
- homosexuality
- juvenile sexual offenders
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Name five (5) post closing duties
- 1) remove the “for sale” sign
- 2) commission check to broker
- 3) thank you letter to seller/buyer
- 4) change MLS status after closing
- 5) visit customer for follow up
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lf a sales associate employs a licensed assistant and pays him/her a salary and a percentage of commissions received, describe how they can be paid legally?
The associate may pay the salary and must withhold taxes; the broker must pay commission
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If one of the parties fails to perform within the time limits in a "time is of the essence" contract, a _________ occurs.
Default
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What organization awards the Certified Property Manager designation?
IREM
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What are the eight requirements for a successful listing presentation?
- 1) All parties necessary to sign present
- 2) Have a CMA
- 3) Sellers prepared to list
- 4) Info organized
- 5) Know the presentation
- 6) Have & show the correct info
- 7) Professional appearance
- 8) On time
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A body of law that provides legal protection for certain valid contracts that are in writing and signed is __________ ____ ________
Statue of frauds
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A contract contains a contingency that the appraisal be equal or greater than the sales price. It comes back lower this contract is: _______
Voidable
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A Seller and Buyer come to a verbal agreement for the sale of the Sellers home. The Buyers make an earnest money deposit of $3,000 to the Seller. This is a/n ______ contract.
Unenforceable contract
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What is the most appropriate type of transaction when using the FAR Sale Contract?
Sale of house or vacant land
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What are the five categories of Sales Associates potential leads?
- 1) Close friends & family
- 2) Friends
- 3) Customers
- 4) Acquaintances
- 5) Targeted strangers
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To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act how many parking spaces must be reserved for disabled persons?
One space for every 25 spaces
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If a Sales Associate leans back in his/her chair and joins their hands behind their head, theyare demonstrating _______ non-verbally.
Superiority
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The most important words in any sales presentation to demonstrate the benefits of a particular property are:
_______ _______ _______ _______
- 1) Fact
- 2) Bridge
- 3) Benefit
- 4) Picture
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According to Florida law, five requirements that must be included in all written listing agreements are:
- 1) Expiration date
- 2) Property description
- 3) Price & terms
- 4) Commission
- 5) Signatures
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What two documents will convince a Seller that the Buyer is "ready, willing and able" to complete the transaction?
- Deposit
- pre-approval letter
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A listing agreement contains a provision that says if the seller does nothing when the listing reaches the expiration date, the listing will automatically be extended for an additional 90 days. This listing is _________
Void
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The reason a buyer might ride by a listing without stopping, is because it lacks
Curb appeal
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The Federal law requiring women and minorities be treated fairty when applying for s loan is ___________ Act
Equal Opportunity Act
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What are the four loan processing procedures?
- 1) Qualifying borrowers
- 2) Appraisal
- 3) Title marketability
- 4) Prepare closing documents
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The reason a Sales Associate might recommend a Buyer make a 20% rather 15% downpayment is:
Eliminate MIP
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If one spouse isn't available to sign a Contract to Purchase, and the parties wish to have the absent spouses' name included on the deed, they should:
Amend the contract at closing
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The Sales Associate's primary objective when answering an ad call:
Make an appointment
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A pricing pyramid demonstrates that the best comparison for pricing a home comes from
Pricing the property closest to “sold” properties
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When a Sales Associate repeats what his/her customer says exactly, this is called:
Parroting
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A Sales Associate is representing a Seller as single agent and finds out something from the buyer that would affect his/her ability to obtain financing for the property. The Sales Associate should _________________________
Disclose this to the Seller
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In the event a Seller defaults when using the FAR Residential Sales Contract, the buyer may
Cancel the contract
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lf the buyer prospect needs to sell their current home before they purchase:
See their home and make a listing presentation
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How is prepaid interest calculated on a new loan closing on October 20th?
Charge (debit) the Buyer from 10/20-10/31
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A technique in the textbook to help sellers favor your buyers.·
Have the Buyers write a letter stating why they want to buy the Sellers house
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Two brokers from different companies meet and decide to charge the same commission rates. This is a violation of ________
Antitrust laws
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In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, "must be removed if it is readily achievable", means ___________________
If it can be accomplished with little difficulty or expense
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Jim added an extra garage stall to his house that cost $25.000. When he sold the house the appraiser added $7,000 value for the extra stall. This demonstrates the principle of:
Contribution
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A Sales Associate prepares a Seller Net Sheet for her Sellers closing on June 15th, Taxes are estimated at $12,000 and interest for June is $2,700. The entries she should make on the statement are:
Charge the Seller $5500 for taxes, and to be safe a full months interest ($2700)
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An appraiser estimates the subject property to be in better condition than the com parables, to which he/she assigns a value of $6,000. The subject has three bedrooms while the comparable has four. The appraiser assigns $12,000 to the value of a bedroom. The adjustment is _________
-$6000 to the comparable
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The format for an open listing can be
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A legal description for a listing should not be taken from
County tax appraisers records
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The definition of a nominee loan is:
Borrowers identity is concealed through a straw buyer who allows the borrower to use the straw buyer’s credit history
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Name six important points to remember when making prospecting calls.
- 1) Success in numbers
- 2) Consistency
- 3) Call at your best time
- 4) Make 1st call
- 5) Remember the goal
- 6) You'll improve
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Discuss four areas of Florida Statute 479 that have changed due to mortgage fraud.
- 1) Borrowers must be given detailed disclosures
- 2) Mortgage broker must give written disclosure of how much they are being paid
- 3) GFE (Good faith estimate) must be dated and signed and disclosed to the recipient of all fees paid
- 4) Borrower must be notified no later than three business days if the loan terms have changed
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Regarding the closing papers required for a closing the Sales Associate should:
- a. Review with customer 1 day before closing
- b. Provide the buyer amount for certified check
- c. Obtain binder check for closing
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What are some questions to ask when qualifying buyers?
- 1) Home features?
- 2) When do they need to move?
- 3) Have to sell current home?
- 4) If lease, when does it expire?
- 5) Already been pre-approved?
- 6) Want a specific area?
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If you are presenting a buyers offer with the listing agent you should not:
present the offer without the listing agent being present
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At closing a seller will be required to sign an affidavit that:
- 1) True owner of the property
- 2) No liens
- 3) Right to convey
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When a Sales Associate is talking with a FSBO, who says they won't list their house becausethey'll just have an attorney write the contract, a good response might be:
A good attorney is probably busy and may not be available to write the contract while the buyers are anxious to buy
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Discuss at least 6 areas that should be covered when explain the pricing process during the listing presentation:
- 1) Current market conditions
- 2) Months supply of homes on market
- 3) CMA
- 4) CMA best price
- 5) Your analysis of the market
- 6) Pricing pyramid
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Sellers equity
Sales price – mortgage
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