First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Fall 2024

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Dates for Fall 2024

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Thursday, August 1, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
    • Assignments will be removed on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

Real Estate Transactions I (LAWS 652 §001)

Instructor Name(s)

Higgins

Textbook Information

We will use two textbooks this semester: (1) Real Estate Law and Business – Brokering, Buying, Selling, and Financing Realty, George Lefcoe, Carolina Academic Press, 2016 (“Lefcoe”); and (2) Understanding Modern Real Estate Transactions, Alex M. Johnson, Jr., Carolina Academic Press, 2018 (“Johnson”).

General Assignment Information

Welcome to Real Estate Transactions I! Although our class will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, I look forward to our first class on Tuesday, August 20 at 4:20 pm in Room 289. 

To prepare for that first class, please read (i) pages 5-21 of the Lefcoe textbook (see below), (ii) pages 55-59 of the Johnson textbook, (iii) the Benya v. Gamble case, 282 S.C. 624, 321 S.E.2d 57 (Ct. App. 1984), and (iv) S.C. Code Section 32-3-10.

Also, please go to the class TWEN site and review the syllabus/course description and the class schedule.

I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, August 20.

Bill Higgins