Terms Starting with D
112 terms
Disposition Fee
Disposition Fee is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of syndication deals.
Disposition of Passive Activity
Disposition of Passive Activity 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.
Distressed Asset
A distressed asset is a property under financial stress—foreclosure, short sale, motivated seller, deferred maintenance—that can be acquired below market-value and often increases during contraction-phase and buyers-market when counter-cyclical-investing opportunities emerge.
Distressed Property
A distressed property is real estate in poor physical condition or under financial duress—foreclosure, pre-foreclosure, REO (bank-owned), tax lien, or estate sale—typically available at 20–40% below market value.
Distressed Sale
Distressed Sale is a deal evaluation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Distribution Frequency
Distribution Frequency is a financial strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of syndication deals.
Distribution Waterfall
A distribution waterfall is the hierarchical structure that governs how cash flow and profits are allocated among investors in a real estate syndication or fund, flowing from top-priority returns down through profit-sharing tiers.
Distribution Yield
Distribution Yield is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of passive real estate investing deals.
Diversification
Diversification is spreading your investments across different property types, locations, or strategies so one bad bet doesn't wipe you out.
Diversified Fund
Diversified Fund 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.
Diversified REIT
A diversified REIT is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates properties across multiple sectors—office, retail, industrial, residential, healthcare—within a single portfolio, providing built-in diversification across property types and economic cycles.
Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of passive real estate investing deals.
Divorce Sale
Divorce Sale is a deal evaluation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Dodd-Frank Act
Dodd-Frank Act is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of purchase process deals.
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-Cost Averaging 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.
Door Count
Door Count is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Door Count Goal
A door count goal is a specific target number of rental units (doors) an investor aims to own, calculated backward from their desired monthly cash flow and average net income per door.
Dot Plot
The Dot Plot is a chart published quarterly by the Federal Reserve showing each FOMC member's individual projection for the federal funds rate at the end of the current year, next two years, and longer term, providing forward guidance on interest rate direction that directly impacts mortgage rates and real estate markets.
Double Close
A double close is a wholesaling strategy where two separate real estate transactions close in sequence — the wholesaler buys from the original seller (A-to-B) and then immediately resells to the end buyer (B-to-C) — with the wholesaler briefly holding title between closings.
Down Payment
A down payment is the initial cash you pay toward the purchase price of a home—the rest is financed with a mortgage. The size of your down payment affects your ltv, your monthly payment, and whether you pay pmi.
Draft off the Giants
Draft off the Giants is an investment strategy where individual investors follow institutional capital into markets that large firms have already researched, validated, and begun investing in, leveraging their due diligence while targeting property types and price points where institutions don't compete.
Drag-Along Rights
Drag-Along Rights is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of syndication deals.
Draw Schedule
A draw schedule is a timeline that releases renovation funds in stages as work completes, typically tied to milestones like demolition, rough-in, and finish work.
Drive-By Appraisal
Drive-By Appraisal is a property valuation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of first rental property deals.