Terms Starting with C
235 terms
Common Areas
Common areas are shared spaces in a multifamily property—hallways, lobbies, laundry rooms, parking lots, and outdoor spaces—that all tenants use and that the owner maintains as part of operating expenses.
Common Equity
Common equity is the most junior position in the real estate capital stack, representing ownership that sits below all debt and preferred equity. It bears the highest risk of loss but captures the greatest upside from property appreciation and NOI growth.
Common Stock (REIT)
Common Stock (REIT) is a investment strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of passive real estate investing deals.
Community Bank Lending
Community Bank Lending is a real estate lending concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of financing deals.
Community Property
Community Property is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of legal protection asset structuring deals.
Comparable Finish Level
Comparable Finish Level is a construction and renovation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of value add renovations deals.
Comparable Renovation
Comparable Renovation is a construction and renovation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of value add renovations deals.
Comparable Sale
A comparable sale (or "comp") is a recently sold property with similar characteristics to a subject property, used to estimate the subject's fair market value through the sales comparison approach -- the most widely used valuation method in residential real estate.
Comparable Sales (Comps)
Comparable sales (comps) are recently sold properties similar in location, size, condition, and features—used to estimate a subject property's market value via the sales comparison approach.
Competitive Bidding
Competitive bidding is the practice of soliciting multiple contractor quotes for the same scope of work so you can compare price, timeline, and terms before awarding a job.
Component Depreciation
Component Depreciation is a tax strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of tax optimization deals.
Compound Growth
Compound Growth is a financial strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of portfolio scaling 1031 exchanges deals.
Compound Growth Rate
Compound growth rate measures the annual rate at which an investment grows when returns are reinvested, creating a snowball effect where you earn returns on your returns — and real estate supercharges this through leverage.
Compound Interest
Compound interest is interest earned on both the principal and previously earned interest—so your money grows faster over time as each period's gains generate their own gains.
Comps Analysis
Comps analysis is the process of using comparable sales (comps) to estimate a property's value—essential for ARV estimates, after-repair appraisal validation, and BRRRR underwriting.
Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk is a deal evaluation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of deal analysis deals.
Concession
Concession is a property management concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of small multifamily investing deals.
Concrete Work
Concrete Work is a construction and renovation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of fix and flip deals.
Condemnation
Condemnation is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of legal protection asset structuring deals.
Conditional Approval
Conditional Approval is a tenant relations concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of tenant screening system deals.
Conditional Use Permit
Conditional Use Permit is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of legal protection asset structuring deals.
Condo Conversion
A condo conversion is the legal process of transforming a rental apartment building owned by a single entity into individually owned condominium units that can be sold separately.
Conforming Loan
Conforming Loan is a real estate financing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of financing deals.
Conforming Loan Limit
Conforming Loan Limit is a real estate lending concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of financing deals.