REALESTATEU TEXAS REAL ESTATE PRINCIPLES
PART 1 FINAL EXAM 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
COMPLETE QUESTIONS FULLY RESOLVED
◉ Steering. Answer: Directing Home Seekers to particular
neighborhoods based on the the fair housing protected classes
◉ Blockbusting. Answer: Real estate agents creating fear in a
neighborhood in order to induce the owner of the houses to sell the
properties at a loss to the agents
◉ Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. Answer: Prohibits
discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income from a
public assistance program.
◉ Real Property/ Real Estate. Answer: Land, improvements and the
rights to own them
◉ Improvements. Answer: Anything put on the land with the intent
of improving the land.
◉ Chattel. Answer: Personal Property
,◉ Appurtenances. Answer: Right or privilege attached to land that
goes with the land when ownership of the land changes.
◉ Fixture. Answer: Something that was personal property and has
now become real estate because it has been attached to the land.
◉ Three tests of a fixture. Answer: A) Method of annexation
B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C) Intention of the parties
◉ Trade Fixture. Answer: Something that is attached to a property
under a commercial lease.
◉ Fixity or Permanence of Investment. Answer: The fact that
improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for them.
◉ Metes and Bounds. Answer: Uses distance and directions to define
and describe the shape and boundaries of the property.
◉ Datum. Answer: Used to mark elevation
◉ Rectangular Survey System. Answer: Uses latitude, longitude,
standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
◉ Townships. Answer: Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
, ◉ Unit. Answer: 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
◉ Acre. Answer: 43,560
◉ Recorded Plat. Answer: When land is divided into plots
◉ Informal Reference. Answer: not a legal description.
◉ Riparian Rights. Answer: The right to use water in a river or
stream
◉ Littoral Rights. Answer: Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy
the water that touches his land but he may not alter the course of
the water
◉ Surface water. Answer: Publicly owned and governed by the state
of Texas.
◉ Rule of Capture. Answer: A landowner with a well is allowed to
pump water from under his property.
PART 1 FINAL EXAM 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION
COMPLETE QUESTIONS FULLY RESOLVED
◉ Steering. Answer: Directing Home Seekers to particular
neighborhoods based on the the fair housing protected classes
◉ Blockbusting. Answer: Real estate agents creating fear in a
neighborhood in order to induce the owner of the houses to sell the
properties at a loss to the agents
◉ Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. Answer: Prohibits
discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income from a
public assistance program.
◉ Real Property/ Real Estate. Answer: Land, improvements and the
rights to own them
◉ Improvements. Answer: Anything put on the land with the intent
of improving the land.
◉ Chattel. Answer: Personal Property
,◉ Appurtenances. Answer: Right or privilege attached to land that
goes with the land when ownership of the land changes.
◉ Fixture. Answer: Something that was personal property and has
now become real estate because it has been attached to the land.
◉ Three tests of a fixture. Answer: A) Method of annexation
B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C) Intention of the parties
◉ Trade Fixture. Answer: Something that is attached to a property
under a commercial lease.
◉ Fixity or Permanence of Investment. Answer: The fact that
improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for them.
◉ Metes and Bounds. Answer: Uses distance and directions to define
and describe the shape and boundaries of the property.
◉ Datum. Answer: Used to mark elevation
◉ Rectangular Survey System. Answer: Uses latitude, longitude,
standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
◉ Townships. Answer: Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
, ◉ Unit. Answer: 1 sq. mile or 640 acres
◉ Acre. Answer: 43,560
◉ Recorded Plat. Answer: When land is divided into plots
◉ Informal Reference. Answer: not a legal description.
◉ Riparian Rights. Answer: The right to use water in a river or
stream
◉ Littoral Rights. Answer: Rights a landowner has to use and enjoy
the water that touches his land but he may not alter the course of
the water
◉ Surface water. Answer: Publicly owned and governed by the state
of Texas.
◉ Rule of Capture. Answer: A landowner with a well is allowed to
pump water from under his property.
