HAWAII REAL ESTATE COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Air Rights. Answer: `The right to use the open space above a property,
usually allowing the surface to be used for another purpose.
◉ Annexation. Answer: Process of converting personal property into
real property.
You can annex by accession.
◉ area preference. Answer: People's desire for one area over another,
based on a number of factors such as history, reputation, convenience,
scenic beauty, and location. [not necesarily objective facts]
◉ Bundle of Rights. Answer: The bundle of rights that attaches to Real
Property
The "Deuce"
1) Right of use
2) Right of enjoyment
,3) Right of disposal
DEUCE
Right to ... Dispose
Exclude
Use
Control
Enjoy
2+ people can exercise benefit of the property at more than one time
◉ appurtenance. Answer: A right, privilege, or improvement belonging
to, and passing with, the land / title. Sometimes a road is used to access a
lake, etc. There might be an easement appurtenants convey with the
land.
◉ Chattal. Answer: personal property
◉ Emblements. Answer: Considered personal property
Growing crops, such as corn, that are produced annually through labor
and industry; also called fructus industriales.
,The first crop belongs to the person who planted
◉ Fixtures. Answer: items that start as personal property ; but once they
are attached to annexed become real property
◉ heterogeneity. Answer: the differences in properties ;
Properties enjoy uniqueness and immobility and are different from one
another
◉ Improvements to the land. Answer: The addition of manmade
buildings/things to real property that attach to the land and become
appurtenant
◉ land. Answer: surface, all natural things attached to it, subsurface, and
air above the surface
Surface rights
Subsurface rights
Air rights
◉ Non-heterogeneity. Answer: Sameness
◉ Personal Property. Answer: All property not classified as real property
, Personal property is conveyed by a BILL OF SALE
(Real property is conveyed by a deed)
◉ real estate. Answer: land and anything that is attached to it
land at and below the surfance + anything attached to it / attachments /
improvements
garage, house, oak tree, swimming pool, concrete driveway
◉ Real Property. Answer: land + improvements + bundle of rights
The interests, benefits, and rights that are automatically included in the
ownership of land and real estate
◉ severance. Answer: Changing an item of real estate to personal
property by detaching it from the land; for example, cutting down a tree.
◉ situs. Answer: The location of land for legal purposes; the jurisdiction
in which land is located.
Where the law applies - the location of the property
REVIEW 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Air Rights. Answer: `The right to use the open space above a property,
usually allowing the surface to be used for another purpose.
◉ Annexation. Answer: Process of converting personal property into
real property.
You can annex by accession.
◉ area preference. Answer: People's desire for one area over another,
based on a number of factors such as history, reputation, convenience,
scenic beauty, and location. [not necesarily objective facts]
◉ Bundle of Rights. Answer: The bundle of rights that attaches to Real
Property
The "Deuce"
1) Right of use
2) Right of enjoyment
,3) Right of disposal
DEUCE
Right to ... Dispose
Exclude
Use
Control
Enjoy
2+ people can exercise benefit of the property at more than one time
◉ appurtenance. Answer: A right, privilege, or improvement belonging
to, and passing with, the land / title. Sometimes a road is used to access a
lake, etc. There might be an easement appurtenants convey with the
land.
◉ Chattal. Answer: personal property
◉ Emblements. Answer: Considered personal property
Growing crops, such as corn, that are produced annually through labor
and industry; also called fructus industriales.
,The first crop belongs to the person who planted
◉ Fixtures. Answer: items that start as personal property ; but once they
are attached to annexed become real property
◉ heterogeneity. Answer: the differences in properties ;
Properties enjoy uniqueness and immobility and are different from one
another
◉ Improvements to the land. Answer: The addition of manmade
buildings/things to real property that attach to the land and become
appurtenant
◉ land. Answer: surface, all natural things attached to it, subsurface, and
air above the surface
Surface rights
Subsurface rights
Air rights
◉ Non-heterogeneity. Answer: Sameness
◉ Personal Property. Answer: All property not classified as real property
, Personal property is conveyed by a BILL OF SALE
(Real property is conveyed by a deed)
◉ real estate. Answer: land and anything that is attached to it
land at and below the surfance + anything attached to it / attachments /
improvements
garage, house, oak tree, swimming pool, concrete driveway
◉ Real Property. Answer: land + improvements + bundle of rights
The interests, benefits, and rights that are automatically included in the
ownership of land and real estate
◉ severance. Answer: Changing an item of real estate to personal
property by detaching it from the land; for example, cutting down a tree.
◉ situs. Answer: The location of land for legal purposes; the jurisdiction
in which land is located.
Where the law applies - the location of the property
