Course 1: Real Estate Essentials
Key terms for Exam 1
191 terms from Course 1, Real Estate Essentials. Each entry gives you a short description, the module and lesson it belongs to, and a quick quiz to check that you can pick the term from its description.
Administrative Agreement
Free accountArrangement under which RECO operates, clarifying its duties and those of the provincial government.
Module 2 · Lesson 2
Advertising
Free accountAny public-facing notice made for a brokerage or agent to promote their business, including websites and social media.
Module 5 · Lesson 3
Amicable resolution
Free accountOutcome where complainant and registrant agree a plan to fix the issue, common after miscommunication.
Module 2 · Lesson 2
Authentication
Free accountAbility of signature software to confirm that a signature really comes from the person it claims to.
Module 6 · Lesson 4
Balanced market
Free accountConditions where listings and buyers are evenly matched, prices steady and the pace relaxed.
Module 1 · Lesson 4
Beneficial ownership
Free accountDirect or indirect control of a quarter or more of a corporation, requiring those individuals to be verified.
Module 6 · Lesson 11
Building permit
Free accountApproval needed before erecting or tearing down a structure; skipping it risks fines up to $100,000.
Module 7 · Lesson 7
Bundle of rights
Free accountOwner's entitlements to possess, use, enjoy and sell a parcel.
Module 2 · Lesson 1
Business income
Free accountEarnings from an activity pursued for profit, such as consulting or rent, excluding employer salary.
Module 7 · Lesson 2
CCIM
Free accountBody offering education for people working in commercial and investment property and related fields.
Module 2 · Lesson 3
CMRAO
Free accountRegulator created under the 2015 management statute that licenses managers and management provider businesses.
Module 6 · Lesson 12
Cadastral surveying
Free accountTechnical name for the full mapping and recording of the boundaries of land parcels.
Module 4 · Lesson 1
Capital gain
Free accountNet rise in value of an asset between purchase, or a 1971 valuation date, and sale.
Module 7 · Lesson 2
Certificate of Acceptance
Free accountLegal document issued after completed wiring passes review, useful for insurance and resale.
Module 7 · Lesson 8
Certificate of compliance
Free accountDocument from the Minister of National Revenue showing a non-resident seller has arranged the tax, protecting the buyer.
Module 7 · Lesson 2
Chain of title
Free accountSeries of transfers and other documents linking current ownership back to an early starting point.
Module 2 · Lesson 1
Commission
Free accountPayment a brokerage receives for services in a trade, usually a percentage of the selling price.
Module 1 · Lesson 5
Committee of Adjustment
Free accountBody appointed by a lower-tier council that grants minor variances and consents to sever land.
Module 6 · Lesson 8
Common elements
Free accountShared parts of a standard condominium, such as hallways, elevators and the lobby, held jointly by the owners.
Module 3 · Lesson 1
Competing offer
Free accountWritten bid received by the seller's brokerage alongside others; spoken or unsubmitted bids do not qualify.
Module 5 · Lesson 3
Completion date
Free accountDay on which ownership passes from seller to buyer, set out in the agreement of purchase and sale.
Module 2 · Lesson 1
Compliance Officer
Free accountPerson a brokerage must appoint, often the managing broker, to oversee its anti-money-laundering program.
Module 6 · Lesson 11
Condominium Authority of Ontario
Free accountBody offering director training, a public registry of corporations and an online dispute tribunal.
Module 6 · Lesson 12
Consideration
Free accountSomething of value that each party gives or receives in exchange under a binding promise.
Module 6 · Lesson 2
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