FNCE 112REAL ESTATE LAW

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This course provides the foundation for understanding the legal implications embodied in real estate transactions, contracts, and other relationships. Ohio (local, municipal, and state) real estate law, as well as federal civil rights laws are studied. Land ownership, its components, rights, responsibilities, transfer, and limitations are reviewed within the context of the sales transaction along with the contracts, deeds, and closing the title for the property. Specific attention is given to case law pertaining to housing discrimination, segregation issues, and eliminating the effects of prior discrimination. Course also covers agency law and landlord tenant arrangements. Course partially fulfills the Ohio Department of Real Estate's requirements to sit for the sales examination.