Terms Starting with F
98 terms
FEMA Flood Map
FEMA Flood Map 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.
FFO (Funds From Operations)
FFO (Funds From Operations) 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.
FHA 203(k)
FHA 203(k) is a real estate financing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of house hacking deals.
FHA Loan
An FHA loan is a government-insured mortgage that lets qualified borrowers buy 1–4 unit properties with as little as 3.5% down — as long as they live in one unit as their primary residence for at least 12 months.
FIRE Movement
The FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is a financial strategy built on aggressive saving (50–70% of income) and investing to accumulate enough assets that investment income replaces employment earnings—typically by your 30s or 40s.
FOMO Investing Trap
The FOMO Investing Trap occurs when real estate investors make rushed purchase decisions driven by fear of missing out on a "once-in-a-lifetime" deal, leading them to overpay, skip due diligence, or buy properties that don't meet their investment criteria.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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.
Facebook Marketplace (Rentals)
Facebook Marketplace (Rentals) 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.
Fair Housing Act
Fair Housing Act is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of property management deals.
Fair Market Rent
Fair Market Rent is a market analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of rental strategy buy and hold deals.
Fair Market Value
Fair market value (FMV) is the price a property would sell for on the open market between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither under compulsion to act and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, as defined by IRS Treasury Regulation Section 20.2031-1(b).
Family Limited Partnership
Family Limited Partnership 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.
Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae 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.
Fannie Mae Appraisal Guidelines
Fannie Mae Appraisal Guidelines 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.
Farmland Acquisition Process
The farmland acquisition process encompasses the due diligence, financing, negotiation, and closing steps required to purchase agricultural land, typically involving soil analysis, water rights verification, tenant coordination, and specialized agricultural lending.
Farmland Investment
Farmland investment involves purchasing agricultural land to generate returns through crop income (cash rent or crop-share leases) and land appreciation, historically delivering 10-12% total annual returns with lower volatility than stocks or commercial real estate.
Feasibility Study
Feasibility Study 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.
Fed Pivot
Fed Pivot 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.
Federal Funds Rate
The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks lend reserve balances to each other overnight, set as a target range by the Federal Reserve.
Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve is the United States' central bank, responsible for setting monetary policy — including the federal funds rate that directly influences mortgage rates and real estate market conditions.
Feeder Fund
A feeder fund is an investment vehicle that pools capital from investors and channels it into a larger master fund. The master fund holds the actual assets and executes the strategy. You invest in the feeder; the feeder invests in the master. You get the same exposure, but the structure lets the sponsor serve different investor types — U.S. taxable, offshore, tax-exempt — through separate feeders.
Fence
Fence 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.
Fiduciary Duty
Fiduciary Duty is a legal 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.
Fiduciary Standard
A fiduciary standard is a legal obligation that requires one party to act in the best interest of another party, putting the beneficiary's interests above their own—applicable in real estate to property managers, syndication sponsors, trustees, and certain advisor relationships.