Principles of Real Estate Practice - 7th Edition
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Features of Principles of Real Estate Practice, 7th Edition:
Principles of Real Estate Practice by Mettling, Cusic and Mettling is a modern learning tool for the student preparing to enter the real estate business as a licensed professional. It 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. It has nearly 500 practice questions to test mastery of the content.
Principles of Real Estate Practice by Mettling, Cusic and Mettling is one of the most widely used prelicensing textbooks in the country. PREP is utilized by 4,000 students each month in 35+ different states. The 495-page text has helped hundreds of thousands of students pass their prelicensing and/or continuing education courses and state exams over the past 30 years.
Principles of Real Estate Practice is tailored to the needs of the pre-license student. It 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-plus combined years in real estate education.
What is Principles of Real Estate Practice?
• The most adaptable text available by license or print
• Vetted and proven over 30 years of classroom and online use
• Used in 35+ states by 125+ approved pre-license schools
• 5-star quality yet concise and to the point
• Easiest to teach and learn from
• Rapid updating
Content Features
• Over 495 pages
• State-specific versions for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
• Available in printed, PDF, Word, ePub, and MP3 formats
• Comprehensive coverage of national pre-license topics
• Chapter review questions
• Practice exams
• Detailed glossary
• Math formulary with formulas and examples
• Full index
• Convenient organization to accommodate state-specific materials
• ISBN - 978-1955919319
• Supplemental materials including an instructor guide and 600-slide PowerPoint Presentation
• Complemented by the Real Estate License Exam Prep Series
Potential uses
Principles of Real Estate Practice by Mettling, Cusic and Mettling is a modern learning tool for the student preparing to enter the real estate business as a licensed professional. It 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. It has nearly 500 practice questions to test mastery of the content.
Principles of Real Estate Practice by Mettling, Cusic and Mettling is one of the most widely used prelicensing textbooks in the country. PREP is utilized by 4,000 students each month in 35+ different states. The 495-page text has helped hundreds of thousands of students pass their prelicensing and/or continuing education courses and state exams over the past 30 years.
Principles of Real Estate Practice is tailored to the needs of the pre-license student. It 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-plus combined years in real estate education.
What is Principles of Real Estate Practice?
• The most adaptable text available by license or print
• Vetted and proven over 30 years of classroom and online use
• Used in 35+ states by 125+ approved pre-license schools
• 5-star quality yet concise and to the point
• Easiest to teach and learn from
• Rapid updating
Content Features
• Over 495 pages
• State-specific versions for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
• Available in printed, PDF, Word, ePub, and MP3 formats
• Comprehensive coverage of national pre-license topics
• Chapter review questions
• Practice exams
• Detailed glossary
• Math formulary with formulas and examples
• Full index
• Convenient organization to accommodate state-specific materials
• ISBN - 978-1955919319
• Supplemental materials including an instructor guide and 600-slide PowerPoint Presentation
• Complemented by the Real Estate License Exam Prep Series
Potential uses
- As a classroom course’s primary textbook.
- As a national textbook used with a school’s own online course(s).
Can Principles of Real Estate Practice be used for the online prelicense and/or CE courses?
Absolutely. Principles of Real Estate Practice and our other books can be used for online courses through our company’s unique licensing agreement. Our material can be used either to develop new courseware or to improve existing online courses. Once we receive a signed agreement, we email all the digital formats (PDF, Word, ePub) of the textbook and supplemental resources that you can use to create or improve your own online courses. The materials can be copied in the screens, used for reading assignments, converted into audio/video/PowerPoint, etc. behind your school’s learning management system. Feel free to ask us for more information regarding licensing and to see our textbooks’ licensing agreements.
Absolutely. Principles of Real Estate Practice and our other books can be used for online courses through our company’s unique licensing agreement. Our material can be used either to develop new courseware or to improve existing online courses. Once we receive a signed agreement, we email all the digital formats (PDF, Word, ePub) of the textbook and supplemental resources that you can use to create or improve your own online courses. The materials can be copied in the screens, used for reading assignments, converted into audio/video/PowerPoint, etc. behind your school’s learning management system. Feel free to ask us for more information regarding licensing and to see our textbooks’ licensing agreements.
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Table of Contents
Principles of Real Estate Practice
Principles of Real Estate Practice
- 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
- Chapter Tests
- Practice Exam
- Glossary of General Real Estate Terms
- Index
About the authors - Stephen Mettling, David Cusic and Ryan Mettling
Stephen Mettling and David Cusic have operated one of the nation's most successful custom training organizations specializing in real estate program development. They are perhaps best known for writing Principles of Real Estate Practice, a national real estate principles textbook used by over 50,000 students per year.
Stephen Mettling has been a real estate educator and custom training program developer specializing in real estate over the past forty years. During that time he has written or co-developed over 100 books, professional training programs and texts covering all aspects of residential, commercial, and corporate real estate for national trade organizations and real estate companies. Additionally Steve has directed numerous statewide real estate schools and served as vice president of Dearborn Financial Services where he headed up the country’s largest real estate, securities and insurance license training network.
Dr. Cusic, an author and educator, has been engaged in vocation-oriented education since 1966. David earned his Ph.D in linguistics from Stanford University. Specializing in real estate training since 1978, he has developed numerous real estate training programs for corporate and institutional clients around the country including NAR, CoreNet Global, and the CCIM Institute.
Ryan Mettling, partner and currently publisher of Performance Programs, is an accomplished online curriculum designer, author and course developer.
Stephen Mettling and David Cusic have operated one of the nation's most successful custom training organizations specializing in real estate program development. They are perhaps best known for writing Principles of Real Estate Practice, a national real estate principles textbook used by over 50,000 students per year.
Stephen Mettling has been a real estate educator and custom training program developer specializing in real estate over the past forty years. During that time he has written or co-developed over 100 books, professional training programs and texts covering all aspects of residential, commercial, and corporate real estate for national trade organizations and real estate companies. Additionally Steve has directed numerous statewide real estate schools and served as vice president of Dearborn Financial Services where he headed up the country’s largest real estate, securities and insurance license training network.
Dr. Cusic, an author and educator, has been engaged in vocation-oriented education since 1966. David earned his Ph.D in linguistics from Stanford University. Specializing in real estate training since 1978, he has developed numerous real estate training programs for corporate and institutional clients around the country including NAR, CoreNet Global, and the CCIM Institute.
Ryan Mettling, partner and currently publisher of Performance Programs, is an accomplished online curriculum designer, author and course developer.