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Before a restaurant lease expires, the tenant removes a walk-in cooler that it bolted to the floor for business use and repairs the resulting damage. Unless the lease provides otherwise, how is the cooler classified?
Correct answer: A - A trade fixture that remains the tenant's personal property
Because a residential corner lot is unusually narrow, a proposed garage would intrude three feet into the side-yard setback. Garages are otherwise permitted. Which remedy fits the problem?
Correct answer: C - A variance from the dimensional setback based on the lot's hardship
Given these annual figures for an apartment property-potential gross income $180,000, vacancy and collection loss $9,000, other income $3,000, operating expenses $54,000, and debt service $36,000-what value is indicated by direct capitalization at an 8% capitalization rate?
Correct answer: B - $1,500,000
Whenever a referred buyer closes a federally related residential mortgage loan, a lender offers the brokerage $200. No advertising or other service is provided in exchange. How is the payment treated?
Correct answer: D - A prohibited referral fee or kickback under RESPA Section 8
In a purchase offer, the buyer states a $410,000 price and a June 15 closing. The seller signs after substituting $420,000 and June 30, then returns the document. Legally, the response is:
Correct answer: A - A counteroffer that rejects the original offer and creates a new offer
Twenty days into a 30-day option to purchase land, supported by separate consideration, the buyer has not exercised and the owner receives a better offer. What is the parties' position?
Correct answer: D - The owner must keep the offer open, but the buyer is not yet obligated to buy
Four private facts reach the listing agent: the seller needs a quick sale because of a job transfer, would accept $25,000 less, is divorcing, and has an engineer's report confirming a hidden foundation failure. Which fact cannot be withheld on confidentiality grounds?
Correct answer: C - The confirmed material foundation defect
A properly completed long-term radon test on a home reports 5.2 pCi/L. The seller argues that no action is needed because the county appears in a low-risk zone on a radon map. Which response is most accurate?
Correct answer: A - Recommend mitigation because the confirmed result exceeds EPA's 4 pCi/L action level
During a winter showing, a carbon monoxide alarm sounds and two visitors report headache and nausea. What should the licensee do first?
Correct answer: C - Move everyone to fresh air and contact emergency services from a safe location
Despite its no-pet policy, an apartment community receives a request for an emotional-support animal from an applicant with a nonobvious disability. The applicant supplies reliable information linking the animal to a disability-related need, and there is no individualized evidence of a direct threat or likely substantial property damage. The manager should:
Correct answer: A - Approve the accommodation without a pet fee; actual animal damage remains chargeable
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