Description
Basic Real Estate and Property Law for Paralegals provides a thorough yet easily accessible introduction to the law underlying complex real estate transactions. In its third edition, this teachable text continues to provide an explanation for the foundations of the law in addition to to offer useful examples that clarify the paralegal’s role.
Among the features that make this concise text a very good teaching tool:
- thorough coverage of Estates in Land and Future Interests; Titles; Land Use; Conveyancing; Closing Procedures; Condos, Co-ops, and Commercial Property; and Landlord-Tenant law
- a wealthy chapter pedagogy includes key terms, practical tips, ethical points, chapter summaries, and extensive practice and review features with end-of-chapter review points, exercises, activities, and analytical situational analyses
- clear and descriptive examples assist elucidate the material
- edited cases in each and every chapter give students practice reading and analyzing case decisions
- legal forms in each and every chapter provide examples and practice documents on a subject-by-topic basis
- a final chapter on personal property introduces students to essential concepts of tangible and intangible property
Completely up to date, the Third Edition includes:
- a timely new section in Chapter 4 discussing the subprime mortgage crisis in detail, including its effect on landlord/tenant law
- new cases and updated forms
This popular text, which provides a lot of examples which will resonate particularly well with paralegal students, offers a very good choice for a comprehensive yet manageable introduction to the fundamentals of Real Estate and Property Law.