Real Estate Investing Glossary

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# (1)

1031 Exchange

A (37)

Absentee Owner Absorption Period Absorption Rate Active Income Addendum Adjustable Rate Mortgage ADU Adverse Possession Affidavit of Equitable Interest Affidavit of Title After Repair Rent After Repair Value AI Valuation Airbnb Investing Alta Survey Aluminum Wiring Amendment Amortization Appraisal Appreciation Appreciation Rate Arbitration Clause Arm Loan ARV As-Is As is Condition As is Sale Asbestos Asbestos Abatement Assignment Assessed Value Assignment Addendum Assignment Closing Assignment Contract Assignment Fee Assisted Living Investing Assumable Mortgage Atm Investing Auction

B (31)

Back on Market Back Taxes Backup Offer Balloon Payment Bandit Signs Bank Owned Property Basis Point Basis Points Beneficial Interest Bird Dog Bird Dogging Blanket Lien Blanket Mortgage Boot Boundary Dispute Boundary Survey BPO Breach of Contract Bridge Loan Brownfield BRRRR Strategy Bsa Aml Builders Risk Building Code Building Permits Buy and Hold Buy Box Buyer List Buyer Persona Buyers Agent Buyers Market

C (69)

Cap Ex Cap Rate Cap Rate Compression Capital Call Capital Gains Capital Improvement Capital Stack Capitalization Car Wash Investing Carry Cost Case Shiller Index Cash Buyer Cash Flow Positive Cash for Keys Cash on Cash Return Cash Out Refinance Cash to Close Cdbg Certificate of Occupancy Cfpb Chain of Title Change Order Chinese Drywall Class a Property Class B Property Class C Property Class D Property Clear Title Clear to Close Closing Costs Closing Disclosure Cloud on Title Cma Co Op Co Wholesaling Code Violation Cold Calling Coming Soon Listing Commercial Mortgage Commercial Real Estate Commingling Commission Community Reinvestment Act Comp Analysis Comparable Rent Comparable Sales Comps Condemnation Condo Condo Association Consent Order Construction Draw Schedule Construction Loan Construction to Permanent Loan Constructive Eviction Contingency Contingency Removal Contract for Deed Conventional Loan Corporate Housing Cosmetic Rehab Cost Basis Cost Segregation Counter Offer Crawl Space Creative Financing Credit Score Crowdfunding Real Estate Curb Appeal

D (40)

Daisy Chain Data Stacking Days on Market Deal Analysis Deal Blast Deal Flow Deal Pipeline Debt Partner Debt Service Coverage Debt to Income Deed Deed in Lieu Deed of Trust Deed Restriction Default Deferred Maintenance Deficiency Judgment Delaware Statutory Trust Depreciation Direct Mail Discount Points Dispo Disposition Disposition Fee Disposition Timeline Distressed Property Distressed Sale Documentary Stamps Dodd Frank Door Knocking Double Closing Double Net Lease Drip Campaign Driving for Dollars Drone Photography Dual Agency Due Diligence Checklist Due Diligence Period Due on Sale Clause Duplex

E (25)

Earnest Money Easement Economic Occupancy Egress Electrical Inspection Emd Eminent Domain Encroachment Encumbrance End Buyer Enterprise Zone Entitlement Equal Credit Equity Equity Multiple Equity Partner Equity Stripping Errors and Omissions Escalation Clause Escrow Estoppel Certificate Eviction Existing Home Sales Exit Strategy Expired Listing

F (28)

Facebook Ads Real Estate Fair Housing Fair Lending Fair Market Value Federal Funds Rate Federal Pacific Panels Fha Loan Fhfa House Price Index Fiduciary Duty Fire Rated Fire Sale First Lien Fix and Flip Fix and Rent Fixed Rate Mortgage Flat Fee Listing Flood Insurance Flood Zone For Sale by Owner Forbearance Force Majeure Forced Appreciation Foreclosure Foundation Repair Fourplex French Drain Full Gut Rehab Funding Date

G (9)

Galvanized Pipes Gap Funding Garage Conversion General Contractor Gentrification Good Faith Estimate Google Ads Real Estate Gross Income Multiplier Gross Rent Multiplier

H (30)

Habitability Habitable Hard Cost vs Soft Cost Hard Equity Hard Money Loan Hard Money Points Hard Money vs Conventional Hard Money vs Private Money Heavy Rehab Heloc Highest and Best Use Highest Best Offer Hoa Hoa Lien Hold Harmless Holdback Home Equity Home Equity Loan Home Inspection Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Home Price Index Home Warranty Homeowners Insurance House Flipping House Hacking Housing Affordability Index Housing Shortage Housing Starts HUD 1 Hvac Inspection

I (15)

Impound Account Improvement Exchange In Place Rent Indemnification Infill Lot Inspection Period Interest Rate Inventory Levels Inverse Condemnation Investment Property Insurance Investment Property Loan Investor Crate Investor Friendly Agent Investor Score Irr

J (2)

Jumbo Loan Just Cause Eviction

K (2)

Knob and Tube Wiring Know Your Customer

L (33)

Land Land Contract Land Trust Land Use Restriction Landlord Insurance Landlord Rights Laundromat Investing Lead Abatement Lead Paint Lead Scoring Lease Agreement Lease Option Legal Description Letter of Credit Letter of Intent Leverage Liability Insurance Lien Light Rehab Like Kind Exchange Liquidated Damages Lis Pendens Lis Pendens Release Listing Agent Live in Flip LLC Real Estate Load Bearing Wall Loan Modification Loan Origination Loan Originator Loan to Value Lot Coverage Lot Split

M (38)

Manufactured Home MAO Formula Market Analysis Market Correction Market Cycle Market Rent MAO (Maximum Allowable Offer) Market Value vs Appraised Value Marketing Package Master Lease Material Fact Maximum Allowable Offer Mechanics Lien Median Home Price Memorandum of Contract Metes and Bounds Mezzanine Financing Mid Term Rental Milking a Property Mixed Use MLS Mobile Home Modular Home Mold Mold Remediation Month to Month Lease Months of Inventory Mortgage Broker Mortgage Insurance Mortgage Note Mortgage Rate Mortgage Servicing Mortgage vs Deed of Trust Mother in Law Suite Motivated Buyer Motivated Seller Move in Ready Multifamily Multifamily Investing

N (11)

Negative Equity Net Operating Income Net Sheet New Home Sales Non Compete NOI (Net Operating Income) Non Disclosure Agreement Non Performing Note Non Recourse Loan Note Investing Novation Npv

O (12)

Occupancy Certificate Occupancy Rate Off-Market Off Market Deal Operating Agreement Opportunity Zone Option Period Option to Purchase Origination Fee Over Improvement Owner Financing Owner Occupied Investment

P (48)

Parcel Number Partition Action Passive Income Pay Per Click Pending Home Sales Pending Sale Pending vs Contingent Perc Test Performing Note Permitting Phase 1 Environmental Plat Plumbing Inspection Pmi Pocket Listing Pocket Listing Strategy Points Polybutylene Pipes Portfolio Loan Power of Attorney Pre Approval Pre Approval vs Pre Qualification Pre Foreclosure Pre Qualification Predictive Analytics Preferred Equity Preferred Return Prepayment Penalty Prescriptive Easement Price Per Square Foot Pride of Ownership Prime Rate Private Money Lender Probate Property Promissory Note Proof of Concept Proof of Funds Proof of Funds Letter Property Class Property Condition Report Property Flip Tax Property Management Property Tax Proptech Punch List Purchase Agreement Purchase and Sale Agreement Purchase Money Mortgage

Q (4)

Qualified Intermediary Quiet Title Action Quitclaim Deed Quitclaim vs Warranty

R (45)

Radon Mitigation Radon Testing Rate and Term Refinance Rate Lock Raw Land Real Estate Agent Real Estate Attorney Real Estate Broker Real Estate CRM Real Estate Cycle Real Estate Owned Real Estate Power of Attorney Real Estate Syndication Realtor Recording Date Recording Fees Recourse vs Non Recourse Red Flags Rule Redemption Period Refinance Rehab Scope Reit Renovation ROI Rent Comps Rent Control Rent Growth Rent Ready Rent Roll Rent to Own Rent to Price Ratio Rental Arbitrage Rental Property REO Repair Estimate Repositioning Respa Retrade Reverse Exchange Riders Right of First Refusal Right of Redemption Right of Way Ringless Voicemail ROI Roof Inspection

S (54)

Safe Act Sandwich Lease Satisfaction of Mortgage Scope of Work Second Lien Second Mortgage Section 1031 Section 8 Section 8 Housing Security Deposit Self Directed Ira Seller Carry Back Seller Concession Seller Concession Strategy Seller Financing Sellers Market Senior Housing SEO for Real Estate Septic System Series LLC Setback Setback Requirements Settlement Statement Sfr Shadow Inventory Sheriff Sale Short Sale Short Sale Approval Single Family Skip Trace Technology Skip Tracing Slab Foundation SMS Marketing Soil Test Solo 401K Special Assessment Special Purpose Property Specific Performance Spread Stipulated Judgment Storage Unit Investing Student Housing Subcontractor Subdivision Subject Property Subject To Subject to Financing Subordination Agreement Sump Pump Supply and Demand Survey Sweat Equity Syndication Syndication Waterfall

T (28)

Tax Assessment Tax Deed Sale Tax Deferred Exchange Tax Free Exchange Tax Increment Financing Tax Lien Tax Lien Investing Tax Sale Tenant Rights Tenant Screening Termite Inspection Tila Time Value of Money Title Commitment Title Company Title Defect Title Insurance Title Insurance Claim Title Search Townhouse Transactional Funding Transfer Tax Triple Net Lease Triplex Truth in Lending Turn Key Condition Turnkey Property Turnover Rate

U (7)

Umbrella Policy Under Contract Under Market Value Underwriting Unmarketable Title Urban Renewal Usda Loan

V (10)

VA Loan Vacancy Rate Vacant Property Vacant Property Insurance Value Add Value Add Investing Variance Vending Machine Investing Virtual Tour Virtual Wholesaling

W (15)

Warranty Deed Waterfall Distribution Well Septic Well Water System Wetlands Wholesale Agreement Wholesale Contract Wholesale Fee Wholesale Real Estate Wholesale vs Flip Wholesale Deal Wholesaler Disclosure Wholesaling Regulations Windstorm Insurance Wholesaling Wraparound Financing Wraparound Mortgage

Y (2)

Yield Yield Curve

Z (3)

Zero Down Investing Zombie Property Zoning

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