RES 345 Week 5 Assignment

Pertinent Issues in Real Estate Law

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 18, 20, and 21 assigned this week.

This paper must be the final version of your A Pertinent Issue in Real Estate Law: Rough Draft of Final Research Paper assignment from Week 3. It should conclude the work you started in Week 3 on one topic from the course that interests you most. As a reminder, possible topics to choose from include the following:

  • constitutionality of eminent domain;
  • discriminatory practices in real property ownership;
  • buying vs. renting;
  • zoning issues or discrimination against the building of new mosques;
  • environmental issues in real estate transactions;
  • fixture: real or personal property;
  • legal rights of squatters;
  • homeowner association problems;
  • real estate disclosure laws; or
  • tenant rights versus landlord rights.

Regardless of the selected topic, your paper must

  • Analyze the real estate issue involved, presenting both sides of the particular real estate issue.
  • Discuss the federal, state, and local laws that may be applicable in resolving your real estate issue.
  • Develop two recommendations on how the real estate issue can be resolved, using either actual cases or your own real-life examples to support your analysis.
  • Integrate instructor feedback from the A Pertinent Issue in Real Estate Law: Rough Draft of Final Research Paper assignment in Week 3.

The Pertinent Issues in Real Estate Law final paper