Test Drive
Getting Started in Real Estate

  Important Terms

•  employee
•  goal setting
•  independent contractor
•  mentor program
•  multiple listing service
•  must-buy buyer
•  must-sell seller
•  National Association
         of Realtors®
•  100 percent comission office
•  stratified marketplace
•  will-buy buyer
•  will-sell seller
•  workers' compensation
         insurance

  Web Resources

•  California Association of Realtors Website
•  National Association of Realtors Website

Lesson Two
Ethics and Fair Housing

  Important Terms

•  Americans with
         Disabilities Act
•  blockbusting
•  Civil Rights Act of 1866
•  Civil Rights Act of 1870
•  Civil Rights Act of 1964
•  Civil Rights Act of 1968
•  Realtors® Code of Ethics
•  familial status
•  redlining
•  Rumford Act
•  steering
•  Unruh Act

  Web Resources

•  Americans with Disabilities Homepage
•  HUD—Fair Housing Reading Room

Lesson Three
Mandatory Disclosures

  Important Terms

•  Alquist-Priolo Special
         Study Zone Act
•  buyer's agent
•  common interest
         subdivision
•  disclosure
•  dual agency
•  earthquake safety
         disclosure
•  Easton vs. Strassburger
•  environmental hazards
         disclosure
•  fiduciary
•  flood hazard areas
•  hazardous waste
         disclosure
•  Mello-Roos Bonds
•  military ordinance location
•  public report
•  Real Estate Transfer
         Disclosure Statement
•  red flag
•  rescission rights
•  seller's agent
•  seller financing
         disclosure statement

  Web Resources

•  California Seismic Safety Commission
•   Environmental Protection Agency Website
•  National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents