1. © OnCourse Learning Chapter 2 : Nature and Description of Real Estate

2. © OnCourse Learning REAL ESTATE  Land and improvements in a physical sense, as well as the rights to own or use them  also known as real property

3. Real Estate’s Dimensions Land includes the surface of the earth, the sky above, and everything to the center of the earth. © OnCourse Learning

4. IMPROVEMENTS  Anything affixed to land with the intent of being permanent is considered to be part of the land and therefore real estate.

5. © OnCourse Learning FIXTURES  When an object that was once personal property is attached to land (or a building thereon) so as to become part of the real estate, it is called a fixture.

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7. APPURTENANCES  a right or privilege or improvement that belongs to and passes with land but is not necessarily a part of the land.  examples of appurtenances are easements and rights of-way.

8. Water Rights Riparian Right Doctrine of Capture Percolating Water © OnCourse Learning

9. Land Descriptions Metes & Bounds Rectangular Survey System Recorded Plat Reference to Documents other than Maps Informal Reference - address Assessor’s Parcel Number © OnCourse Learning

10. Describing Land by Metes and Bounds © OnCourse Learning

11. Moving in a clockwise direction from the point of beginning, set the center of a circle compass on each corner of the parcel to find the direction of travel to the next corner. Naming Directions for a Metes and Bounds Survey © OnCourse Learning

12. The public land survey system of the United States Parallels and Meridians © OnCourse Learning

13. Township Divided into Sections © OnCourse Learning

14. One Section (640 Acres) Subdivided © OnCourse Learning

15. Land Description by Recorded Plat © OnCourse Learning

16. Assessor’s Map The tax assessor assigns every parcel of land in the county its own parcel number. For example, the westernmost parcel (lot 50) in the map would carry the number 34-18-8, meaning Book 34, Page 18, Parcel 8. © OnCourse Learning

17. Air Lot and Contour Lines

18. Lot Types © OnCourse Learning

19. Physical Characteristics of Land Immobility Indestructibility Nonhomogeneity © OnCourse Learning

20. Scarcity Modification Fixity Situs Economic Characteristics of Land © OnCourse Learning

21. Key Terms Fixity Fixtures Improvements Meridians Metes & Bounds Monuments Personal property Real Estate Recorded Plat Riparian Rights Scarcity Situs © OnCourse Learning