ARE 145 Midterm 2

Sharecrop landlord total annual expenses

-property taxes
-irrigation repairs & maintenance
-landlord's share of irrigation water expenses
-management fee

Net income

Gross Income - Total Expenses

Indicated Property Value

Annual net income/capitalization rate

Total Economic Life

Effective Age + Remaining Economic Life

Contributory Value

Replacement Cost New - Accrued Depreciation

Accrued Depreciation

Replacement Cost New X (Effective Age/Total Economic Life)

Accrued Physical Depreciation (percent)

(Effective Age/Total Economic Life) x 100%

Functional Obsolescence

Reproduction Cost New- Contributory Value -Total Accrued Physical Depreciation

Total Accrued Physical Depreciation

Reproduction Cost New x Accrued Physical Depreciation (%)

A crack in a building exterior wall that causes water seepage into the
basement is an example of:

Physical Deterioration

In the cost approach to value, land is valued as though vacant and added to:

physically depreciated replacement cost of improvements

The right to acquire private property for public use is

eminent domain

The act or process of acquiring private property for public use is

condemnation

The difference between physically depreciated reproduction cost new and contributory value is

functional obsolescence

Which of the following is not part of criteria used for estimating the highest and best use of land?
a. typical crops and normal acres
b. economic feasibility
c. physical possibility
d. legal permissibility
e. none of the above

a. typical crops and normal acres

The capitalized value of a property will increase, decrease, or not change when: Typical crop yields increase by 20 percent:

Increase

The capitalized value of a property will increase, decrease, or not change when: Property taxes increase by 10 percent:

Decrease

The capitalized value of a property will increase, decrease, or not change when: A neighbor decides to expand production of a new crop on an experimental basis:

No change

You observe that the dairy industry in your market area has undergone substantial change, and small dairy farms have ceased to be economically viable. There are no active processing plants in the area, and nearly all milk production has relocated to anoth

external obsolescence

A property owner developed a property to a modern and efficient orchard with desirable varieties. Total cost for the entire property (land, orchard development, etc.) was $2,400,000. Shortly after the orchard development was completed the property sold at

entrepreneurial profit

What interests does a property owner hold if their entire property has been leased to a tenant?

Leased fee estate

What is the primary reason capitalization rates differ between the three types of property owner operations (owner-operator, sharecrop landlord, and cash rent landlord)?

Financial risk

What is the period of time during which permanent plantings contribute value to a property?

economic life

When a property is leased to a tenant:

the lessor leases the property to the lessee

A leasehold estate is the property interest that belongs to:

lessee

A leased fee estate is the property interest that belongs to:

lessor

When a sandwich lease exists:
a. making rent payments is never required
b. the lessee leases the property from a sub-tenant
c. the lessor leases the property to a sub-tenant
d. all of the above
e. none of the above

e. none of the above

An agricultural conservation easement is:

a property encumbrance that continues in perpetuity

A benefit of conservation easements:
a. assists in preserving property resources and characteristics
b. provides the property owner with cash or tax credits
c. can be a tool to assist with financial and estate planning
d. all of the above

d. all of the above

A bargain sale of a conservation easement:

involves both cash payment and a donation

Regarding marketing of undivided partial ownership interests in real property:

buyers are typically all-cash buyers

Regarding undivided partial ownership interests in real property, a partition is:

a legal action to divide property into separate ownerships

What are the four criteria for Highest and Best Use

Legally Permissible
Financially Possible
Physically Feasible
Maximally Productive

A previous owner with the right to occupy and use a portion of a property for the duration of his/her life is called a

Life tenant

A person who owns property subject to a previous owner's right to
occupy and use a portion of a property for the duration of his/her life is called a

Remainderman

Permanent plantings:
a. are special use properties with economic life expectancy that is usually several years
b. usually require a number of years to reach maturity
c. usually require specialized management, labor, equipment, water
applications, drainage

d. all of the above

Regarding California agricultural water rights:

a new water diversion application must include a statement of water use

The Income Approach is based on the Principle of

Anticipation

Write an accurate description of the Principle of Anticipation as it applies to the Income Approach.

Anticipation is the perception that value is created by the expectation of benefits to be derived in the future

What is the basic formula for the Income Approach using the direct capitalization method?

Value = Income/Rate

The Cost Approach is based on the Principle of

Substitution

Write an accurate description of the Principle of Substitution as it applies to the Cost Approach.

A rational buyer would not pay more for a property than the cost to acquire a similar site and construct improvements of equal desirability and utility without undue delay.

What is the basic formula for the Cost Approach?

Replacement or Reproduction Cost New of Improvements
- All Forms of Accrued Depreciation
= Depreciated Value of Improvements (same as Contributory Value)
+ Land Value
= Value Indicated by Cost Approach

What three deductions (forms of depreciation) might reduce the present value of an improvement below current Reproduction cost?

Physical Depreciation Functional Obsolescence External Obsolescence

Regarding undivided partial ownership interests in real property, a partition is:

a legal action to divide property into separate ownerships

California water rights regulations began in

1914

California appropriative water rights:

-must identify a point of diversion
-must identify a place for non-use
-can be abandoned for non-use

In eminent domain, severance damages are

damages occurring to the remaining property

honey bees are placed in orchards during bloom season to

pollinate blossoms