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Unit 4
Deifinitions
Term | Definition |
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administrative law | The body of law created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions |
at arm's length | Conducting negotiations on one's behalf without being subject to the other party's control or influence |
caveat emptor | Latin for "let the buyer beware" |
common law | Judge-made law manifested in decrees and judgements of the courts(case law), as opposed to statutory law |
consent to transition | Written agreement to gain the principal's permission to a change in brokerage relationship |
designated sales associates | Two r/e licensees designated to represent the buyer and seller as single agents in a nonresidential transaction. The buyer and the seller must have assets of $1mil or more and sign disclosures stating their assets meet required threshold |
dual agency | Representing both principals in a transaction(not a legal agency relationship in Florida) |
fiduciary | A person in a position of trust and confidence with respect to another person |
general agent | Representative authorized by the principal to perform only acts related to a business or to employment of a particular nature |
limited representation | Transaction brokers provide a limited form of nonfiduciary representation to a buyer, seller, or both in a real estate transaction |
no brokerage relationship | Broker doesn't represent the customer(customer may be the buyer or the seller) See also nonrepresentation) |
nonrepresentation | a no brokerage relationship |
principal | The party employing the services of a real estate broker; amount of money borrowed in a mortgage loan, excluding interest and other charges |
residential sale | Sale of improved residential property of four or fewer units, the sale of unimproved residential property intended for use as four or fewer units, or sale of agricultural property of 10 or fewer acres |
single agent | Per Section 475 F.S, a broker who represents, as a fiduciary, either the buyer or the seller but not both in the sam transaction |
special agent | One authorized by principal to perform a particular act of transaction, without contemplation of continuity of service as with a general agent |
statutory law | Law created by the enactment of legislation, as opposed to law created by judicial decisions(common law) |
subagent | Person authorized to assist and represent the agent and whose duties are delegated by the original agent |
transaction broker | Broker who provides limited representation to a buyer, seller, or both in a real estate transaction, but does not represent either in a fiduciary capacity or as a single agent |
agent | representative; one who is authorized to act on behalf of another |
customer | buyer or seller |