I work at a law firm that handles real estate.
Thats great , also a random fact is that in english common law, real property is land which is the property of some person and all structures . 
Yes it is and it can get complicated sometimes.
and continues to be, all property that is not real property.
In countries with personal ownership of real property, civil law protects the status of real property in real-estate markets, where estate agents work in the market of buying and selling real estate. Scottish civil law calls real property "heritable property", and in French-based law, it is called "immobilier" ("immovable property").
Historical background.
The word "real" derives from Latin "res" ("
Real property
In English common law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is land which is the property of some person and all structures (also called improvements or fixtures) integrated with or affixed to the land, including crops, buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, and roads, among other things. The term is historic, arising from the now-discontinued form of action, which distinguished between real property disputes and personal property disputes. Personal property was,