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Florida Real Estate Exam Prep 28, Legal Descriptions and Survey Systems
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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- The three legally sufficient property description methods tested on the Florida exam: Metes and Bounds, Government Survey, and Lot and Block.
- How to perform the essential exam skill of calculating acreage from a Government Rectangular Survey System description.
- The key components of the Government Survey System, including the Tallahassee Principal Meridian, townships, and sections.
- Why street addresses and tax parcel numbers are common exam traps and not valid legal descriptions for conveying property.
- The importance of the 'Point of Beginning' in a metes and bounds description and that it must fully enclose the parcel.
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