Real Estate Principles: A Value Approach Information Center: Feature Summary


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Real Estate Principles: A Value Approach

David Ling, University of Florida at Gainesville
Wayne Archer, University of Florida at Gainesville

Feature Summary

Value is the text's central theme. The key to making sound investment decisions is to understand how property values are created, maintained, increased, or destroyed. Once value is established, all other concepts and principles of real estate analysis are built around it. These include legal considerations, financing requirements and alternatives, income and property tax considerations, and local market conditions.
Strong Internet presence, including annotated URL's in the margin that lead students to helpful online resources; "Explore the Web" boxes take students to interesting and useful websites, and has them explore the site to answer questions. This feature appears within the chapter narrative, as well as within the end of chapter material. There is also a useful text specific Online Learning Center that supports both students and instructors at http://www.mhhe.com/lingarcher1e.
"Career Focus" boxes provide students with valuable information on the many different career options available to them.
"Industry Issues" boxes feature current and interesting real world applications.
Concept Checks appear throughout the chapter to make sure that students understand key concepts before going on to new material. Solutions to the concept checks are provided within the end of chapter material.
Calculator Keystrokes are provided where appropriate to help students learn how to solve problems with a financial calculator.
High quality end of chapter materials include a chapter summary, list of key terms, test problems, study questions, Explore the Web question, solutions to concept checks, additional readings, and additional websites (in select chapters)
Each chapter opens with an outline, a list of learning objectives, and an interesting introduction to engage students.
This text is well supported by high quality supplements, including an Instructor's Resource CD-ROM with an Instructor's Manual, Computerized Test Bank, and a large number of PowerPoint slides for each chapter. There is also a dynamic Online Learning Center to accompany the text. For students, the OLC offers self-study quizzing and web links, including access to Real Estate Online, a free online resource that allows students to complete challenging exercises and discussion questions that draw on recent articles, company reports, government data and other Web-based resources for topics such as market feasibility and analysis, valuation and appraisal, mortgage financing, investment analysis, ownership and transactions, and leasing and management. For instructors, the OLC provides password protected downloadable access to the supplements (except for the test bank, due to security reasons). It also includes teaching notes for the Real Estate Online web resources.

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