Unlike existing textbooks written for law students on specific subjects impacting real estate transactions, Real Estate Law: Fundamentals for the Development Process uses 'The Development Process' as a framework for understanding how the US legal system regulates and impacts real estate transactions. The book not only addresses the nature of specific legal issues that impact real estate transactions but also how those issues may best be identified and addressed in advance. The book breaks down the myriad laws impacting the selection, acquisition, development, financing, ownership, and management of real estate, and presents them in context. Readers of Real Estate Law will be afforded a practical understanding, from the perspective of a real property developer, of: (i) How to identify potential legal issues before they arise; (ii) When to involve a real estate attorney; (iii) How to select an attorney with the appropriate, relevant experience; and (iv) How to efficiently and economically engage and manage legal counsel in addressing real estate issues. Written as a graduate-level text book, Real Estate Law comes with numerous useful features including a glossary of terms, chapter summaries, discussion questions, case studies, further reading and a companion website with instructor resources. It is also of great value to non-lawyers engaged in one aspect or another of real estate development and finance, who want to become more conversant in the legal issues impacting these transactions.