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The HI-RES exam has 130 questions and runs 4 hours.
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A restaurant tenant installed a specialty espresso system that is bolted to the floor. The lease expressly allows the tenant to remove trade equipment before the term ends if any damage is repaired. The tenant removes the system before expiration and restores the floor. How should the system be treated in the building sale?
Correct answer: C - It remains the tenant's trade fixture because removal was timely and damage was repaired
An owner wants to build a permitted single-family home on a lawful, unusually narrow lot created before the current zoning ordinance. The required side setback would leave no practical building area, and the hardship was not self-created. What relief fits these facts?
Correct answer: B - A variance based on property-specific hardship
An appraiser is valuing a three-bedroom house. A comparable sold for $500,000 and is identical except that it has a fourth bedroom contributing $25,000. What adjusted sale price should the appraiser use for that comparable?
Correct answer: B - $475,000, because a superior comparable is adjusted downward
A conventional mortgage covers a home whose original value for PMI purposes was $480,000. The scheduled principal balance is now $380,000, or about 79.2% of that value. The borrower is current, the property value has not declined, and there is no subordinate lien. Which PMI consequence follows?
Correct answer: D - The borrower may request cancellation now, subject to the stated conditions
A seller told the listing salesperson, in confidence, that $850,000 was the lowest acceptable price. The listing later expired. A prospective buyer then asks the salesperson to reveal the seller's bottom line. No law requires disclosure. Which response preserves the former client's confidential bargaining position?
Correct answer: A - Keep the bargaining position confidential unless the seller authorizes disclosure
While preparing a listing, a seller tells the salesperson that the roof still leaks during heavy rain but asks that it not be mentioned because fresh paint hides the stains. The property is offered as-is. The salesperson's next step is to:
Correct answer: C - Disclose the known material defect and recommend qualified evaluation
A buyer's written offer states that it remains open until Friday at 5:00 p.m. On Thursday, the seller makes a counteroffer without stating that the original remains open. The buyer rejects the counteroffer Friday morning. At noon, the seller signs an acceptance of the buyer's original offer. Which statement is correct at noon Friday?
Correct answer: D - No contract; the counteroffer terminated the original offer
A shopping-center lease requires a clothing retailer to pay $8,000 monthly base rent plus 6% of gross sales above a stated breakpoint. The landlord remains responsible for property taxes, insurance, and common-area maintenance. This rent structure is best classified as:
Correct answer: A - Percentage lease
A Hawaii parcel is in the Regular System, not Land Court. On Monday, a grantor signs and acknowledges a valid deed. On Wednesday, the grantor delivers it to the grantee, who accepts it without conditions. The deed is recorded Friday. Assuming no escrow condition postpones effectiveness, title passed on:
Correct answer: B - Wednesday, upon delivery and acceptance
At an apartment community with unassigned parking, an applicant with a mobility disability requests one reserved space near the entrance. The need is supported, the space is available, and granting it would not impose an undue burden. Which response complies with the Fair Housing Act?
Correct answer: D - Grant the reserved space as a reasonable accommodation
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