Terms Starting with C
235 terms
Cost Per Door
Cost per door is the total purchase price divided by the number of units—a quick metric to compare multifamily properties. A $1.2M 12-unit = $100,000 per door.
Cost Per Unit
Cost per unit is the total acquisition cost—purchase price plus closing costs plus rehab—divided by the number of units. It captures what you actually pay per unit, not just the sticker price.
Cost Segregation
Cost segregation is an engineering-based tax study that reclassifies parts of a building from 27.5- or 39-year depreciation into shorter 5-, 7-, and 15-year categories so you can claim larger deductions earlier.
Cost Segregation Specialist
Cost Segregation Specialist is a tax strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of building your team deals.
Cost Segregation Trap
The cost segregation trap is the scenario where investors aggressively accelerate depreciation through cost segregation studies, enjoy large upfront tax deductions, but face unexpectedly massive depreciation recapture taxes when they sell — often exceeding the original tax savings.
Cost of Capital
Cost of capital is the weighted average rate of return that a real estate investment must generate to satisfy all capital providers—debt and equity—calculated by blending each source's required return proportional to its share of the total capitalization.
Cost of Living
Cost of living is the amount of money required to maintain a standard of living in a given area—housing, food, transportation, healthcare, and other expenses—relative to other geographies.
Cost-Plus Contract
Cost-Plus Contract 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.
Cottage Court
Cottage Court is a property classification concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of house hacking deals.
Counter-Cyclical Investing
Counter-cyclical investing is buying investment-property when the real-estate-market is weak—during hypersupply, market-correction, or early recovery-phase—when cap-rate is expanded and others are selling.
Counter-Offer
A counter-offer is the seller's response to your offer to purchase—they propose different terms (price, contingencies, closing date) instead of accepting or rejecting outright.
Countertops
Countertops 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.
County Assessor
County Assessor is a market analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of market research location analysis deals.
Covenant
Covenant 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.
Craigslist Listing
Craigslist Listing is a property management concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of property management deals.
Crawl Space
Crawl Space 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.
Creative Financing
Creative financing refers to any method of funding a real estate purchase outside of conventional bank mortgages, using negotiated structures like seller financing, subject-to deals, lease options, wraparound mortgages, or private lending.
Credit Building (Tenant)
Credit Building (Tenant) is a property management concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of property management deals.
Credit Check
Credit Check 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.
Credit Cycle
Credit Cycle is a economic fundamentals concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of market cycles deals.
Credit Enhancement
Credit Enhancement 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.
Credit Enhancement Strategy
A credit enhancement strategy is a deliberate plan to optimize your credit score before applying for investment property financing — using tactical actions that can boost your score 40-80 points in 60-90 days and save thousands in interest.
Credit Facility
Credit Facility 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.
Credit Loss
Credit loss is the rental income lost to tenant non-payment—late payments that become write-offs, eviction losses, and uncollectible amounts. It's a deduction from gross rent to arrive at effective gross income.