Title: Real Property Definition
Headings: Guide to Selling Your Home
Guide to Selling Your Home
What Is Real Property?
Key Takeaways
Understanding Real Property
Estates in Real Property
Freehold Estates
Nonfreehold Estates
Real Property vs. Personal Property
Real Property vs. Real Estate

Content: This is the lowest form of estate known to law. It exists indirectly as a result of circumstance and is never created deliberately. It happens when a person who had a legal right to use the property remains on the property without a legal right to do so—and without the owner's consent. The only difference between a tenant at sufferance and a trespasser is that the former had a right to be on the property at some point, but stayed beyond the terms of the lease or agreement. Also called estate at sufferance. Real Property vs. Personal Property
The law makes a clear distinction between real property and personal property. Real property is immovable. It includes the land, everything that is permanently attached to it, and the rights that "run with" the land. Personal property, on the other hand, is movable. It is defined as everything that is not real property, such as your clothes, furniture, cars, boats, and any other movable items that aren't attached to real estate.