Environmental Issues and the Real Estate Professional, 1st Edition

Product Details

As a part of the South-Western Continuing Education Series, this text aids practicing real estate professionals in familiarizing themselves with environmental issues in real estate. This text also helps the professional anticipate problems and concerns that may arise during the real estate transaction and when to refer clients to another source for assistance. 64pp..

Features:

• Topics Covered include:
• The environmental agencies, laws and regulations that affect real estate transactions.
• How air and water quality problems affect real property.
• Toxic elements and their relationship to real property.

Table of Contents:

• PART I. ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS THAT MAY AFFECT REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS:
• The Environmental Consultants; Federal Agencies That Oversee Environmental Regulation
• Federal Laws and Regulations Impacting the Environment;
• Box: Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) Under CERCLA
• Case Study: Site Clean-up Liability
• Case Study: Concealing Contamination.
• PART II. HOW PROBLEMS WITH AIR QUALITY AFFECT REAL PROPERTY: Air Quality; Box Solutions to Air Quality Problems
• Water Quality/Drinking Water
• Municipal Drinking Water
• Wastewater.
• PART III. TOXIC ELEMENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO REAL PROPERTY: Disclosure Laws and Regulation
• Case Study: The Duty to Disclose
• Toxic Elements That Affect Real Property
• Box: States that have radon disclosure laws.
• Resources for Additional Information.
• Answer Key for Review Questions.
• Glossary.
• Final Exam Questions.