About the Book

Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials 3E

Third Edition

Robin Paul Malloy
Syracuse University

James Charles Smith
University of Georgia

2007. 280 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6257-8. With Teacher's Manual.

Provides students with the tools necessary to understand real estate transactions in a real-world market setting.

Features:

Clear and concise explanations on each topic area with straightforward examples
An integrated approach to explaining market and ethical constraints for the transactional real estate lawyer
Detailed text explains basic elements and market factors involved in each area of law
Excellent problems that increase in difficulty with each section
Cases are chosen to illustrate key points of commercial and residential real estate and the way in which problems arise in practice
Cases and materials highlight ethical and professional responsibility issues, allowing students to see professional ethics in a real-world context
An extensive Teacher’s Manual, with a set of problems and answers to casebook problems, and transactional documents with samples of contracts, mortgages, leases, and title insurance policies

New to the Third Edition:

Revised and more concise section on advanced commercial real estate topics including construction loan and permanent loan financing considerations
Improved integration of residential and commercial real estate concepts
A more streamlined, student-accessible text and new, but fewer, problems
New and updated cases
Greatly expanded Teacher's Manual, including detailed text and background information, sample syllabi, case briefs, suggested answers to problems, and additional problem sources. Designed to provide extensive guidance to professors who must teach under more strict time constraints of a 2- or 3-credit course