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Real Property One-Pager | BarPrepPlay
Use this Real Property one-pager to keep estates, recording acts, RAP, landlord-tenant, easements, and adverse possession in working memory before you test yourself.
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Use this Real Property one-pager to keep estates, recording acts, RAP, landlord-tenant, easements, and adverse possession in working memory before you test yourself.
Estates
Fee simple, life estate, term of years. Future interests: Reversion, remainder (vested/contingent), executory interest. On the exam, treat this as a checklist heading: state the governing rule first, name the trigger or element that matters, and then tie the facts to each part before moving to the next doctrine.
- Quick rule block: Fee simple, life estate, term of years. Future interests: Reversion, remainder (vested/contingent), executory interest.
Section sources
Primary law and source anchors
- Race, Notice, and Race-Notice Recording Acts The recording-act framework that determines whether a later bona fide purchaser takes priority.
- Easement by Necessity Doctrine An implied easement can arise from prior unity of title plus strict necessity at severance.
- Rule Against Perpetuities The common-law lives-in-being-plus-21-years limit on certain future interests.