UT Real Estate case studies
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The Utah Real Estate Salesperson license is the entry-level credential that allows a person to perform real estate brokerage activity in Utah while supervised by a licensed principal broker. It is the license most new agents, leasing agents, and transaction-focused practitioners obtain before moving into brokerage management or specialty work. The UT Real Estate case studies are 5 cases and about 3,227 words.
1The Listing Agent's Own Buyer: Consent, Secrets, and Neutrality
Priya, a sales agent at Wasatch Sky Realty, listed 1247 Emerson Ave for 585,000 on a six-month exclusive agreement paying 3% to each side. Two weeks later her buyer-client Marcus, whom she has represented for a month under a signed buyer-broker agreement, wants to write an offer on that same property.
638 words, about 3 min2Counteroffer by Email, Then a Better Offer: Is There a Contract?
Buyer's agent Nell submits an offer at 395,000 on a 410,000 listing: 5,000 earnest money, 21-day financing contingency, 45-day closing, standard Utah REPC form. The seller replies from her personal Gmail account: 'We'll do 402,000 and I'm keeping the water softener and the garage shelving.
634 words, about 3 min3The Seller Wants $540,000; the Adjustments Say Otherwise
Subject: 1,850 sq ft, 3 bed/2 bath, original 1998 kitchen, 2-car garage, 0.18 acre, backs to busy 1200 West, new roof in 2023. The seller wants to list at 540,000 because an automated valuation says 538,000 and 'the neighbors got 545,000 last spring.' Closed comps in the subdivision: (1) 1,900 sq ft, updated kitchen, interior lot, 520,000; (2) 1,780 sq ft, original kitchen, one-car garage, busy street, 455,000; (3) 2,050 sq ft, updated kitchen, cul-de-sac lot, 545,000.
620 words, about 3 min4Joint Tenancy, an Unrecorded Quitclaim, and Two Old Liens
Harold and Martha Jensen took title in 1998 as 'husband and wife, as joint tenants.' Harold died in 2015; Martha died in 2024. Their son Dale holds a 2019 quitclaim deed from Martha conveying 'all my interest' in the home to Dale, signed and notarized for estate-planning purposes but never recorded.
672 words, about 3 min5The Inactive Licensee, the Cash Referral, and the Commingled Deposits
Dana is the principal broker of a 14-agent firm with a property-management division. Evan, one of her agents, let his license go inactive in March after skipping his continuing education, but he still hosts open houses and negotiates buyer offers, splitting his usual 3% with the firm.
663 words, about 3 min