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Accountant
Accredited Residential Manager (ARM)
Accredited Management Organization (AMO)
Administrative Assistant
Agricultural Land
AH&MA
AIDA Formula
Airport Hotel
All-Suite Hotel
A.L.T.A.
A.L.T.A. Owner's Policy
Abstract of Title
Abstractor
Acceleration Clause
Acceptance
Accession
Acess to Property
Accommodation recording
Accretion
Accrued
Accrued Depreciation
Acknowledgment
Action
Actual Age
Actual Depreciation
Actual Notice
Additional Interest Due/Payoffs
Ad Valorem
Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM)
Adjusted Cost Basis
Administrator / Administratrix
Adverse Possession
After Acquired Title
Agency
Agent
Agency Relationship Confirmation
Agreement of Sale
Alienate
Alienation Clause
All-Inclusive Trust Deed
Alluvial Deposit
Alluvium
Amending Previous Instructions
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)
Annual Net Income
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Appraisal
Appraisal Report
Appreciation
Appurtenance
Arm's Length Transaction
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
Assessment Roll or Tax Roll
Asset Manager
Assignee
Assignment
Assignment of Rents
Assignor
Assistant Manager (Hotel)
Assumption Clause
Attorney Fees
Attorney in Fact
Avulsion
Back-End Ratio
Back- of-the -House
Balance Sheet
Balloon Payment
Balloon Payment Clause
Balloon Payment Disclosure
Band of Investment
Banquet Director
Base Line
Bed & Breakfast Inn
Bell Captain
Bellhop
Beneficiary
Beneficiary Statement
Bequest
Bilateral Contract
Bill of Sale
Blanket Loan
Block Busting
Bonds Or Assessments
Book Depreciation
Bookkeeper
Book Sale
Book Value
Boot
Breach of Contract
Broker
Broker Buying As Principal
Brokerage
Broker Representing Both Parties
Building Engineer
By-Laws
Bulk Transfer Law
Bundle of Rights
Business Cycle
Business Opportunity
Buyer's approval of Disclosure Statement
Buyer's Market
By-Laws
C.L.T.A.
Calendar Year
California Land Title Association
Cancellation Instructions
Capacity
Cap Rate
Capital Improvements
Capitalization
Capitalization Rate
Cash Flow Statement
CC&Rs
CERCLA
Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician (CAMT)
Certified Apartment Manager (CAM)
Certified Apartment Property Supervisor (CAPS)
Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS)
Certified Leasing Specialist (CLS)
Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA)
Certified Marketing Director (CMD)
Certified Property Manager (CPM)
Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM)
Chain of Title
Chattel
Chattel Real
Classified Ad
Clean Water Act
Clerk
Client
Closing Costs
Codicil
Collateral
Commercial Property
Commingling
Commission
Commission Split
Common Interest Developments (CIDs)
Comps
Community Apartment Project
Community Center
Comparison
Compliance Clause
Concierge
Concurrent Recording
Condemnation
Condition
Condition Precedent
Condition Subsequent
Condominium
Consideration
Constructive Notice
Contingency (waived/satisfied)
Contract of Sale
Contract Rent
Contractual Intent
Convention Hotel
Conversion
Convey
Conveyance
Copies
Corner Lot
Corrections and Deletions
Court Confirmation
Cost
Cost Basis
Counteroffer
Covenant
Cul-De-Sac Lot
Customer
Damage or Destruction Clause
Default Clause
Demographics
Date of Acceptance
Date of Closing
Decimal Point
Declaration of Homestead
Deed of Trust - Priority clause
Deed of Trust Securing Installment Note Interest Included
Default
Default Clause
Deferred Maintenance
Deficiency Judgment
Demographics
Deposit Increase in Cash
Deposites
Definite and Certain
Demise
Deposit Receipt
Depreciation
Depression
Deregulation
Devise
Discrimination
Disintermediation
Display Ad
Dividend
Divisor
Doctrine of Correlative User
Dominant Tenement
Door Attendant
Double Net Lease
Downtown Hotel
Dual Agent
Due on Sale Disclosure
Duress
Easement
Easement in Gross
Economic Life
Economic Rent
Economic Rent Increase
Economics
Effective Age
Effective Gross Income
Elevator Operator
Emancipated Minor
Emblements
Eminent Domain
Encroachment
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Equitable Title
Equity
Equity of Redemption
Erosion
Escalation Clause
Escrow
Escrow Holder
Escrow Instructions
Estate
Estate at Sufferance
Estate at Will
Estate for Years
Estate from Period to Period
Estate in Fee
Estate of Inheritance
Estoppel
Ethics
Eviction
Exchange Reserving Right to
Exchange Tax consequences
Exchange: Agree To Cooperate
Execute
Executed Contract
Execution
Executive Manager
Executor / Executrix
Executory Contract
Existing Loans
Expedientes
Express Contract
Extended Policy
Express Warranty
Facilities Management Administrator (FMA)
Fair Housing Laws
Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Market Value
Fax Transmission
FDIC
Fee
Fees
Fee Simple
Fee Simple Absolute
Fee Simple Defeasible
Fee Simple Estate
Fee Simple Qualified
FHA
Fiduciary
Fief
Financial Analysis
Financial Intermediary
Financing Statement
First Right of Refusal
Fiscal Year
Fixture
Fixtures and Equipment
Flag Lot
Flood Hazard Zone
Forbearance
Foreclosure
Foreclosure Sale
Fraud
Freehold Estate
Front Footage
Fully Amortized Note
Gift Deed
Good Consideration
Goodwill
Grace Period
Graduated Lease
Graduated Payment Adjustable Mortgage (GPAM)
Grant Deed
GRANT DEED FROM SPOUSES TO CREATE SEPARATE ESTATE
Grantee
Grantor
Gross Lease
Gross Rent
Guarantee of Title
Hard Money Loan
Holder
Holder in Due Course
Holographic Will
Home Equity Loan
Homeowner's Exemption
Housekeeper
Inspection
Implied Contract
Impounds
Improvements
Industrial Property
Instrument
Interest
Interior Lot
Intermediation
Intestate
Judgment
Judicial Foreclosure
Junior Trust Deed
Key Lot
Land Contract
Land Projects
Landlord
Late Charge
Lawful Object
Leasehold or Lease
Leasing Agent
Legacy
Legal Title
Less-Than-Freehold Estate
Lessee
Lessor
Liability Indemnity Clause
License
Lien
Life Estate
Linear Foot
Liquidated Damages
Lis Pendens
Listing
Littoral
Lord
Love and Affection
Maker
Maintenance Clause
Maintenance Supervisor
Management Plan
Manufactured Housing
Market Analysis
Market Rent
Market Survey
Marketable Title
Mega-Center
Menace
Meridian
Metes and Bounds
Middle Managers
MIMO Form
Minor
Misrepresentation
Mistake
Mobile Home
Monument
Moratorium
Mortgage
Mortgage Loan Disclosure State
Mortgagee
Mortgagor
Motel
Motor Camps
Multi-Family Units
Mutual Consent
Naked Legal Title
National Apartment Leasing Professional (NALP)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Negotiable Instrument
Neighborhood Center
Net Income
Net Lease
Net Operating Income
Neutral Depository
No Brokers Involved
No Tax Advice
Notice of Default
Notice of Trustee's Sale
Novation
Offer
Offeree
Offeror
On-Site Manager
Open End Loan
Operating Budget
Operating Expenses
Option
'Or More' Clause
Package Loan
Page
Paired Sales Analysis
Parole Evidence
Partially Amortized Installment Note
Partition Action
Patent Deed
Percentage Lease
Period Hotel or Inn
Periodic Tenancy
Personal Property
Personal Property Included in Price
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Plat Map
Pledge
Plottage or Assemblage
Police Power
Porter
Portfolio Manager
Post-House
Power of Attorney
Power of Sale
Preliminary Title Report
Prepayment Clause
Prepayment Penalty (None)
Price
Principal
Private Grant
Probate Sale
Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM)
Project Operating Report
Projection
Promissory Note
Property
Property Analysis
Property Management
Property Supervisor
Proration
Prorations
Prosperity
Public Accommodation Property
Public Dedication
Public Grant
Puffing
Purchase Money Loan
Quiet Enjoyment
Quitclaim Deed
Range
Rate
Ratification
Ratified
Real Estate
Real Estate Agent
Real Estate Broker
Real Estate Cycle
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Sales Associate
Real Estate Salesperson
Real Property
Real Property Administrator (RPA)
Real Property Manager (RPM)
Recession
Reconciliation
Recovery
Reconveyance Deed
Red Flag
Redlining
Regional Center
Regional Manager
Registered Property Manager (RPM)
Reinstate
Release Clause
Reliction
Rent
Rent Back by Seller
Rent Control
Replacement Cost
Reproduction Cost
Request for Notice
Rescission
Residential Rental Property
Restriction
Retaliatory Eviction
Reverse Annuity Mortgage
Reversionary Right
Revocation
Revoke
RevPAR
Riparian Rights
Risk Manager
Rollover Mortgage
RTC
Sales Tax
Sandwich Lease
Scheduled Gross Income
Second Trust Deed
Section
Security
Security Agreement
Seller's Market
Seller's Permit
Serfdom
Servient Tenement
Severalty
SFR
Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM)
Sheriff's Deed
Single Net Lease
Site
Skyscraper
Soldier's and Sailor's Relief Act
Special Studies Zone Act
Special Purpose Properties
Specific Performance
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Standard Policy
Statute of Frauds
Statute of Limitations
Statutory
Steering
Step-up Lease
Stock Cooperative
Straight Note
Strip Center
Subagent
Subdivided Lands Act
Subdivision
Subdivision Map Act
'Subject-To' Clause
Sublease
Subletting
Subordination Clause
Suburban Hotel
Suburbs
Succession
Summation
Super-Mall
Superfund
Superintendent of Service
Supply and Demand
Surrender
Suspend
Swing Loan
Syndicate
Systems Maintenance Administrator (SMA)
Systems Maintenance Technician (SMT)
T-Intersection Lot
Tax Deed
Terminating the Agreement
Tenant
Tender
Testator/Testatrix
Three-Day Notice to Pay or Quit
Three I's Formula
Third Party
Tight Money
Time
Timely Manner
Timeshare
Title
Title Insurance
Title Plant
Tort
Tourist House
Township
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Trade Association
Trade Fixture
Transfer Tax not to show on Deed at Recordation
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Triple Net Lease
Trust Deed
Trust Funds
Trustee
Trustee's Deed
Trustee's Sale
Trustor
Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)
Undivided Interest
Undue Influence
Unenforceable
Unilateral Contract
Unilateral Rescission
Unlawful Detainer Action
Urbanization
Use Clause
Usury
Utility Value
Vacancy Factor
VA
Vacancy Factor
Valet
Valid
Valuable Consideration
Value
Variable Rate Mortgage (VRM)
Variance
Variance Analysis
Vassal
Vendee
Vendor
Vested
Void
Voidable
Warehousing
Warranty Deed
Washroom Attendant
Will
Witnessed Will
Wrap-Around Loan
Writ of Possession
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