This paralegal-specific text uses a practical, applied approach to prepare future paralegals. The text includes current real estate forms. Ethical problems and questions are integrated throughout the text. A judicial case in each chapter relates text material to real-world examples. This edition includes a chapter (3) on condominiums and cooperatives. Computer applications are integrated throughout the text. State-specific versions for TX, FL, NY, and CA include margin annotations differentiating the state material and appendices with more explanations and state-specific forms.
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.
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.
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.
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.