Practical Real Estate Law

by Daniel F. Hinkel

Practical Real Estate Law is an excellent text for educating and training future paralegals about the intricacies of real estate law and transactions. The text covers in detail the central areas involved in transactional real estate. Topics include real estate contracts, real estate brokerage relationships, real estate finance as it specifically relates to residential and commercial processes and valuable information regarding surveys and title insurance. Students and instructors will be surprised at the wealth of information covered in such a user-friendly format. Plus, this fourth edition examines federal taxation and how it applies to the ownership and investment in real estate. It also features a full chapter on leasing with an emphasis on commercial leasing. Case summaries successfully illustrate how the legal principles operate in the real world and give students practice in reading and analyzing case material. Students and practicing paralegals will benefit greatly from the residential-specific and commercial-specific discussions, forms and checklists because while many theories of residential and commercial real estate transactions are the same, the specifics differ greatly.

Genres: School, Nonfiction, Reference

640 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2010

Reviews

[Ed Barton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Designed for the legal assistant, this textbook provides some decent top level concepts in real estate law, along with good practical exercises for use in implementing the concepts. You are not likely to sit down and read this end to end, nor use it as a reference after the class is over - thus impacting the rating. However, as a textbook for a real estate course for paralegals, it's decent.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Property Law

Ugh, Property law so boring but if you are taking the class, book is great. I would recommend it, 👍

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great school book. The chapters are broken up by topics creating shorter chapters that let you have a better understanding of the subject manner. This text was also written for paralegals and their role in real estate law, unlike many of the parallegal texts I have had to read thus far.

[Kevin M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it cover to cover for general interest. Covers a lot of topics, but is an introductory-level guide at best. No single book can contain all of the law, but perhaps too many pages were devoted to subjects too general for the audience.

[Melanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Book used for my real estate law class. I have not enjoyed the material in this book. It reads like a bunch of "blah blah,blah blah, blah". Very hard to stay focused because it it so uninteresting.

[Monica · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is probably the driest and dullest text book I've ever read. Well organized, but dull.

[Gordon Kwok · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on real estate and for those who want an introduction to real estate practice.