Real Estate 306 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
Real Estate - answer✔✔An asset class, Land improvements on any land and improvements on it
(use of leverage, inflation hedge, tangible asset, depreciates, 1031 Exchange)
Real Estate as an Asset - answer✔✔Holds value and falls under PPE
How much does Real Estate make up of the US GDP? - answer✔✔25%
How many jobs does RE create for AMericans? - answer✔✔9 million
How much government revenue is generated from Real Estate - answer✔✔70%
By 2010, how much of the US Land was developed? - answer✔✔6%
Since 1982, what has been the increase in land use in the US? - answer✔✔55%
Questions to ask during site selection (4 of them) - answer✔✔1. What improvements are
needed? (site access, setback, site work, utilities)
2. What are the environmental risks?
3. What are the applicable fees (Aside from cost, law, services, and policies)
4. What are the design requirements?
Real Estate Cycle - answer✔✔1. There's an excess supply of RE
2. Leads to low vacancies (high levels of occupancy)
3. Rent prices are then increased
4. Accelerated new construction
5. Oversupply in homes
6. High Vacancies (low occupancies)
7. Decline prices and rent, and construction
Assets - answer✔✔Anything that holds value and can be used to generate more value
Equities - answer✔✔A type of asset class that can be bought as a stake or ownership in a
company, through stocks and bonds
Cash/liquid Assets - answer✔✔An asset class
Fixed Income - answer✔✔An Asset Class
Tangible - answer✔✔Anything that is physical and we can touch
Credit Tenant - answer✔✔A term that is used to describe a tenant who has a good credit score
and can pay their lease with the banks money (Reliable way for the owner to receive payments
NIMBY - answer✔✔not in my backyard
YIMBY - answer✔✔yes in my backyard
Leverage - answer✔✔The utilization of debt from debt investors (banks) that can lead into
investing in RE
Depreciation - answer✔✔An accounting standard on fixed assets, that allows them to depreciate
over its useful life (fixed amount)
Linkages - answer✔✔Anything that would increase the value of a property
- School
- Park
Negative linkages: Highways, cemetery
Amenties - answer✔✔Benefits of your property that brings comfort and convenience
HABU - answer✔✔Highest and Best Use: The legal and best use for your plot of land (if scenic,
might make a tourist spot)
FAR - answer✔✔Floor Area Ratio
Zoning - answer✔✔Laws and regulations that govern how a property can or cannot be used.
- How that area is split up legally
- Size and height
- setbacks
-density
- minimum lot size
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