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  • 1

    Under what condition may someone who lives outside of NJ be licensed as a non resident broker?

    must consent to being sued in NJ

  • 2

    What is the minimum amount of time a licensee has studied for a real estate brokers license?

    150 hours

  • 3

    Who administers real estate licenses in NJ?

    The NJ Real Estate Commission

  • 4

    Who is the authorized broker for a real estate company?

    The broker of record

  • 5

    What is the maximum payment from the Guaranty Fund for any one offense?

    $20,000

  • 6

    With whom may a broker agree to share a commission?

    Any licensed broker

  • 7

    Where must a broker deposit clients’ or customers’ deposits?

    a trust or escrow account

  • 8

    For which transaction is a licensed salesperson allowed to prepare a sales contract?

    A one-family to four-family residence

  • 9

    How many Continuing Education hours, if any, are required for a salesperson to renew their license?

    12 hours

  • 10

    What charge is levied against a broker who mixes personal money with funds in the trust account?

    commingling of trust funds

  • 11

    What must be included in any sales contracts prepared by a licensee?

    must contain the Notice to Buy and Seller

  • 12

    What is the last thing to be done when changes are made to a document after the initial signing?

    Should be submitted to the parties’ attorneys

  • 13

    Who does the licensee represent when serving as a transaction broker?

    No one

  • 14

    What is the broker-salesperson permitted to do?

    work as a salesperson under the supervision of a broker of record

  • 15

    What is the opposite of losing land by erosion?

    Accretion

  • 16

    What is another term for personalty?

    Chattels

  • 17

    What is being determined by looking at the intent of the parties and method of attachment?

    if the item is a fixture

  • 18

    How do trade fixtures differ from regular fixtures?

    trade fixtures may be removed

  • 19

    The attorney assures her client that no one else has a claim to the real estate she is buying and that she has a complete bundle of rights in the property. What type of estate is the client buying?

    A fee simple estate

  • 20

    A 👩 deeds her vacation cottage to her 🧓🏼, w/ provision that at death, she will automatically become owner again— during his lifetime what does the woman own?

    a reversionary interest

  • 21

    What type of encumbrance is a mortgage?

    A voluntary lien

  • 22

    Under what circumstances, if any, may a husband who owns the family home in his own name sell it without his wife’s signature?

    if they live in a state other than New Jersey

  • 23

    Among the following, how is priority determined when a parcel of real estate has two mortgages on it?

    Whichever mortgage is recorded first

  • 24

    What does the term conveying property mean?

    Transferring ownership

  • 25

    How is ownership of real estate by one person referenced?

    in severalty

  • 26

    What does the buyer of a condominium apartment receive?

    An individual property tax bill

  • 27

    A NJ couple buys a home together soon after they are married, with nothing specific stated in the deed about their ownership. The husband, who paid for the house, is killed in a car crash. What does his widow now own?

    the whole house in severalty

  • 28

    What coowners may NOT ask for the property to be divided?

    Tenants by the entirety

  • 29

    A couple bought their oceanfront home in 1954 for $17K. This year, they decided to retire to Florida, and they sold the house for $325K. How will their profit be taxed?

    There is no federal tax on this profit.

  • 30

    Who is offered partial exemptions from property taxes in Nj?

    Eligible veterans

  • 31

    What is a purpose of a special assessment?

    It is used for improvements like sidewalks in a certain area.

  • 32

    A home is worth $160K and the town assessments run at 60% of market value. If the tax rate is 37 mills, how much is the property tax bill?

    $3,552

  • 33

    What lien is given priority on a given parcel of real estate?

    the current year’s property taxes

  • 34

    What is redlining?

    denying or restricting loans in certain neighborhoods

  • 35

    What is true about the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

    It prohibits any type of discrimination based on race or color

  • 36

    What federal civil rights protection is offered to housing seekers?

    based on country of origin

  • 37

    How can real property be changed to personal property?

    Severance

  • 38

    What federal civil rights protection is offered to housing seekers?

    based on country of origin

  • 39

    Even if a property owner is expempted from certain discrimination laws, which of these state taxes regarding a real estate licensee is correct?

    a real estate licensee cannot participate in any discriminatory transaction

  • 40

    What is it called when real estate agents use scare tactics regarding possible change in the makeup of a neighborhood while soliciting for lisitings?

    this is an example of blockbusting

  • 41

    A woman is advertising for a tenant for the other half of her home. Which of these ads would violate fair housing laws?

    None of these

  • 42

    What is permitted under the Federal Fair Housing Act?

    Refusing to show homes to a foreign-born home seeker because of a poor credit history

  • 43

    What protected class has been added by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination to the protections listed in the federal fair housing laws?

    Gender identity

  • 44

    What position are sellers to someone specifically retained as a buyer’s broker?

    customers

  • 45

    Who is the broker’s principal?

    whoever hires the agent

  • 46

    In NJ, what type of agent is the broker who offers services without owing fiduciary duties to either buyer or seller?

    A transaction broker

  • 47

    What potential latent defect is a seller’s broker legally required to disclose to a potential buyer?

    An unused buried oil tank in the backyard

  • 48

    What information is a listing broker legally required to advise a seller about?

    whether or not the commission will be shared with another broker who produces the buyer

  • 49

    Which of these comments would be considered a breach of fidicduary duties to the seller?

    “try bidding low”

  • 50

    What is the agent’s duty when the buyers confide to a listing agent, “we’ll offer $250,000, but if they don’t take that, we’re prepared to go higher”?

    Remind the buyers that a seller’s agent owes them no duty of confidentiality

  • 51

    What law is violated when a listing agent tells sellers “commission rates are standard in this community”

    Sherman Antitrust Act

  • 52

    What is the possible environmental issue that the Environmental Protection Agency wants buyers of homes built before 1978 to be aware of?

    lead paint

  • 53

    Which environmental problem is relatively easy to solve?

    Radon

  • 54

    What is the court process by which the state enforces its right to acquire private land for public use?

    condemnation

  • 55

    What issue is addressed in New Jersey’s Mount Laurel decisions?

    exclusionary zoning

  • 56

    Who issues a certificate of occupancy?

    a building inspector

  • 57

    Who places deed restrictions on a property?

    the seller

  • 58

    A subdivision has deed restrictions stating that homes can be built only on 5-acre lots, although the town itself requires only 1/3 acre lots. A man buys 1 acres in the subdivision. Can he obtain a building permit from the town?

    Yes, but the neighbors can ask a court to enforce the restriction and order his house torn down.

  • 59

    What are the possible consequences if a seller cancels a listing?

    The seller may be held liable for money the agent spent advertising the listing.

  • 60

    Who are the parties to a listing agreement?

    Homeseller and the firm’s broker of record

  • 61

    What type of listing agreement allows the seller to pay a commission only to whichever broker produces an acceptable buyer?

    an exclusive-agency listing agreement

  • 62

    What type of listing allows the owner to retain the right to sell without paying a commission to the one agent hired?

    Exclusive-agency listing

  • 63

    The seller agreed with her agent that, so long as the seller receives $300K when her house is sold, the agent can keep anything more that he can get. What type of listing is this?

    An illegal net listing

  • 64

    Of what value is a comparative market analysis?

    Assists the seller in setting the listing price

  • 65

    What type of listing requires that the seller pay a commission to the listing agent no matter who sells the property?

    An exclusive right-to-sell listing

  • 66

    What does the term liquidated damages refer to?

    Money that can be retained by the seller if the buyer defaults for no good reason

  • 67

    What kind of listing is MOST likely to motivate a real estate broker to invest time and effort?

    an exclusive right-to-sell listing

  • 68

    Who needs to know the amount of the commission split that the listing broker offers a cooperating broker who finds the successful buyer?

    the seller, when signing the listing agreement

  • 69

    What should the comparative market analysis take into consideration when assisting the seller in setting a good asking price?

    Recent sales prices of nearby homes

  • 70

    If a sales contract is prepared by a salesperson or broker, the buyer and the seller each have how many days in which to obtain review by their own attorneys?

    3 business days

  • 71

    What is similar to a binder and deposit receipt?

    a sales contract

  • 72

    What is it called when a sales contract becomes legally enforceable only after the buyer receives a satisfactory report from a home inspector?

    a contingency

  • 73

    When is an offer legally considered accepted?

    the other party has been notified of the acceptance

  • 74

    A man took out a mortgage loan to buy his first home. The day after the closing, the man discovers that he can obtain a loan with a more favorable rate at another lending institution. How long does he have to cancel the first loan?

    He may not rescind the mortgage loan.

  • 75

    What term is applied to the promise that each party gives to another in a contract?

    Consideration

  • 76

    What does it mean when the word executed is applied to a contract?

    The contract is signed

  • 77

    A man signs a contract to sell his house to a woman. Before closing, the man changes his mind and refuses to sell. He offers the woman a few thousand dollars to void the contract, but she really wants that particular house. What rights does she have?

    She can sue for specific performance.

  • 78

    What is another term for a land contract?

    A contract for deed

  • 79

    For which of the following purchases can real estate licenses fill out the sales contracts?

    Any duplex

  • 80

    According to the statute of frauds, which of the following NJ contracts must be in writing in order to be legally enforceable?

    Leases for more than 3 years

  • 81

    When a couple divorces, the husband signs a deed turning over his share of the house to his former wife. A few years later, she is unable to make the mortgage payments. From whom may the bank try to collect the unpaid debt?

    Both the ex-wife and the husband.

  • 82

    When must a security deposit, minus itemized deductions for damage, be returned to the department tenant?

    No more than 30 days after the end of the lease

  • 83

    What happens to the tenant’s security deposit when the rental property is sold?

    Must be turned over to the new landlord

  • 84

    For what type of rental property does a lease not become binding until the tenant has received a lead paint disclosure statement?

    A single-family home built before 1978

  • 85

    In most cases, the store that rents space in a shopping mall is on what type of lease?

    Percentage

  • 86

    Why do residential landlords insist on being aware fo and giving permission for any tenant improvements?

    The landlord wants to avoid a mechanics lien

  • 87

    What document serves as a personal promise to repay the debt of a mortgage, with the owner pledging the property as security for the loan?

    A subordination agreeement

  • 88

    Under what circumstance is the buyer who takes over a mortgage already on the property NOT personally responsible for the debt?

    When the buyer takes title subject to the loan

  • 89

    When a foreclosed property is sold, what guarantee is made to the buyer?

    The property is free of any liens junior to the one being foreclosed.

  • 90

    Who is the mortgage lender?

    the mortagagee

  • 91

    When would the 3-day Attorney Review period NOT apply?

    The contract has been prepared by an attorney

  • 92

    A couple wants to pay off he mortgage loan earlier than scheduled. What are the prepayment penalties in NJ?

    There are no penalty charges

  • 93

    What term refers to illegal charging of unreasonably high interest rates?

    Usury

  • 94

    The seller has agreed to pay two points to the bank in return for the buyer securing a mortgage loan on a house selling for $225K with a 10% down payment. How much will this cost the seller?

    $4,050

  • 95

    Are any points paid to secure a mortgage loan deductible from income taxes?

    Only to the buyer

  • 96

    Who offers below-market interest rates to qualified borrowers?

    NJHMFA (NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency)

  • 97

    What kind of mortgage debt grows gradually larger instead of being paid down?

    Negtive amortization

  • 98

    What type of mortgage loans offer artificially low “teaser” rates?

    Adjustable-rate mortgages

  • 99

    What is the primary function of mortgage brokers?

    they refer to borrowers to mortgage lenders

  • 100

    To what can a home equity loan be compared?

    A second mortage