Texas Real Estate Principles 1 Exam with Questions and Answers Latest 2025
Civil Rights Acts of 1866
Prohibits only and all racial discrimination
Steering
Directing Home Seekers to particular neighborhoods based on the the fair
housing protected classes
Blockbusting
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
Prohibits discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income
from a public assistance program.
Real Property/ Real Estate
Land, improvements and the rights to own them
Improvements
Anything put on the land with the intent of improving the land.
Chattel
Personal Property
Appurtenances
Right or privilege attached to land that goes with the land when ownership
of the land changes.
Fixture
Something that was personal property and has now become real estate because
it has been attached to the land.
, Texas Real Estate Principles 1 Exam with Questions and Answers Latest 2025
Three tests of a fixture
A) Method of annexation B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C)
Intention of the parties
Trade Fixture
Something that is attached to a property under a commercial lease.
Fixity or Permanence of Investment
The fact that improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for
them.
Metes and Bounds
Uses distance and directions to define and describe the shape and
boundaries of the property.
Datum
Used to mark elevation
Rectangular Survey System
Uses latitude, longitude, standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
Townships
Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
Unit
1 sq. mile or 640 acres
Acre
43,560
, Texas Real Estate Principles 1 Exam with Questions and Answers Latest 2025
Recorded Plat
When land is divided into plots
Informal Reference
not a legal description.
Riparian Rights
The right to use water in a river or stream
Littoral Rights
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
Publicly owned and governed by the state of Texas.
Rule of Capture
A landowner with a well is allowed to pump water from under his property.
Open Beach Act
The public has the free and unrestricted right to use the open beach.
Accretion
Land is increased in size because of hte natural deposit of rock and soil
Alluvion
Land that has been created by accretion
Reliction
The dry land that results when water withdraws from the land.
Civil Rights Acts of 1866
Prohibits only and all racial discrimination
Steering
Directing Home Seekers to particular neighborhoods based on the the fair
housing protected classes
Blockbusting
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
Prohibits discrimination based on race color, etc. and receipt of income
from a public assistance program.
Real Property/ Real Estate
Land, improvements and the rights to own them
Improvements
Anything put on the land with the intent of improving the land.
Chattel
Personal Property
Appurtenances
Right or privilege attached to land that goes with the land when ownership
of the land changes.
Fixture
Something that was personal property and has now become real estate because
it has been attached to the land.
, Texas Real Estate Principles 1 Exam with Questions and Answers Latest 2025
Three tests of a fixture
A) Method of annexation B)Fitness or adaptation to the property C)
Intention of the parties
Trade Fixture
Something that is attached to a property under a commercial lease.
Fixity or Permanence of Investment
The fact that improvements to the land will take a long time to pay for
them.
Metes and Bounds
Uses distance and directions to define and describe the shape and
boundaries of the property.
Datum
Used to mark elevation
Rectangular Survey System
Uses latitude, longitude, standard and baselines to divide earth into areas
Townships
Areas of earth = 36 Sq. Miles
Unit
1 sq. mile or 640 acres
Acre
43,560
, Texas Real Estate Principles 1 Exam with Questions and Answers Latest 2025
Recorded Plat
When land is divided into plots
Informal Reference
not a legal description.
Riparian Rights
The right to use water in a river or stream
Littoral Rights
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
Publicly owned and governed by the state of Texas.
Rule of Capture
A landowner with a well is allowed to pump water from under his property.
Open Beach Act
The public has the free and unrestricted right to use the open beach.
Accretion
Land is increased in size because of hte natural deposit of rock and soil
Alluvion
Land that has been created by accretion
Reliction
The dry land that results when water withdraws from the land.
