Dictionary of Real Estate: A Handy Reference Pocket Edition - Softcover

Cox, Barbara G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0324134916 ISBN 13: 9780324134919

Publisher: South-Western Pub, 2000

Synopsis

Written in plain language, this useful, no-nonsense reference contains over 3,000 real estate terms--including those that have entered the language of the profession only recently--from Agency through Zoning, and beyond. Ideal for an agent's office as well as the classroom.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This quick-reference dictionary contains over 3000 entries covering all areas of real estate handled by agents and appraisers.

The breadth of content area and simple language and illustrations make this up-to-date reference a handy tool for everyday use in any environment.

Concise clarification of words in all areas. Simple, alphabetical listing for all entries and their abbreviations. Supports terminology of related fields, including architecture and construction. Contains the terminology used on licensing examinations. Covers all critical finance terms. Extensive cross-referencing of related terms. Formatted for fast access to important terms. Easy-to-read typeface. Over 30 illustrations.

About the Author

BARBARA COX earned a doctorate in education and psychology from Stanford University. Her professional life includes work as educator and researcher at college/university level, corporate trainer, and textbook author. She has conducted extensive research on language acquisition and development, and is author of Vocabulary Basics (Prentice Hall, Second Edition, 2001).

Recently, as Director of Technology for the Orange County Association of Realtors® in California for 3 years, Dr. Cox established and directed the Technology Education Center. Among the 22 real estate technology courses she developed were DRE-approved Internet Marketing and E-Mail How-To, Real Estate (Agent) Finance, Contact Management, and basic computing. She is author of The Language of Real Estate (Prentice Hall, 2001), and, with Wm. Koelzer, Internet Marketing in Real Estate (Prentice Hall, 2001).

JERRY COX is a principal of Cox Realty Advisors, a consulting firm in asset management, entitlement, and development feasibility. With over 26 years' experience in the real estate profession, primarily in institutional environments, Jerry's emphasis has been creating, managing and disposing of property portfolios. More recently he has added residential brokerage to his activities with a national brokerage firm in San Clemente, CA.

As a Director and officer of Mary Erickson Community Housing, a nonprofit corporation established for the assurance of affordable rental housing for very low income residents of southern Orange County, Jerry continues his work in the acquisition, management and development of multi-family projects.

Jerry holds a bachelor degree from the University of California at Riverside (UCR) and completed post-graduate programs in real estate at the Universities of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Berkeley (UCB) as well as The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Through the National Association of Realtors® Jerry earned the GRI designation as a Graduate of the Realtors® Institute.

DAVID SILVER-WESTRICK has been a practicing Realtor® for 13 years. He attended University of California at San Diego (UCSD) and the Law School at the University of Southern California (USC). Prior to joining Century 21 OMA, David was associated with Tarbell Realtors for seven years and was their top high-end agent. In 1997, 1998, and 1999 David received Century 21's most prestigious award for production. The Centurion.

David has recently been elected president of the 6,000-member Orange County Association of Realtors®, one of the largest local associations in the nation. David also serves as a Director of the 100,000-member California Association of Realtors®. He is an advisor to the Saddleback College real estate program, and teaches an orientation program on behalf of the Association of Realtors® to new agents. David is also a contributing editor for the Realtor® News, a monthly publication of the Orange County Association of Realtors®.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324134916
• ISBN 13: 9780324134919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256