Terms Starting with G
51 terms
GC Markup
GC Markup is the percentage a general contractor adds to subcontractor and material costs to cover their overhead (office, insurance, vehicles, staff) and profit, typically ranging from 15-25% of total project cost for residential renovation projects.
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total value of goods and services produced in an economy—the primary measure of economic output and growth—used to define recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth) and confirm expansion-phase or contraction-phase.
GFCI Outlet
GFCI Outlet 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.
GIS Mapping
GIS Mapping 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.
Gain to Lease
Gain to Lease is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of small multifamily investing deals.
Gap Funding
Gap Funding 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.
Garage Conversion
A garage conversion is the process of converting an existing garage into a habitable living space—typically an ADU, in-law suite, or additional bedroom—with proper insulation, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical.
Garage Door
Garage Door 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.
Garden Apartment
A garden apartment is a low-rise multifamily building—typically 1–3 stories—with units that have direct or near-direct ground access, often with patios or small yards, common in suburban and secondary markets.
General Contractor
A general contractor is a licensed professional who coordinates construction projects, hires subcontractors, and manages permits and timelines.
General Contractor Agreement
General Contractor Agreement 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.
General Ledger
General Ledger is a real estate accounting concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of tax optimization deals.
General Liability Insurance
General Liability Insurance is a real estate insurance concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of legal protection asset structuring deals.
General Partner (GP)
A general partner (GP) is the managing partner in a real estate syndication or partnership who sources deals, arranges financing, oversees operations, and makes day-to-day investment decisions—in exchange for fees and a share of profits called the promote.
Generational Wealth
Generational Wealth 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.
Gentle Density
Gentle density refers to small-scale, multi-unit housing built within existing single-family neighborhoods -- think ADUs, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, cottage courts, and townhomes. Unlike high-rise apartment buildings, gentle density adds housing units incrementally without dramatically changing a neighborhood's character. A nationwide wave of zoning reform is making gentle density legal in places where only single-family homes were previously allowed.
Gentrification
Gentrification is the process by which higher-income residents move into a lower-income neighborhood—often following infrastructure-development or demand-drivers—driving appreciation, rent growth, and sometimes displacement of existing residents.
Geographic Diversification
Geographic diversification means spreading your real estate investments across multiple cities, states, or regions to reduce the risk of any single market downturn damaging your entire portfolio.
Gift Tax
Gift Tax 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.
Ginnie Mae
Ginnie 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.
Go/No-Go Decision
The go/no-go decision is the final call on a deal—buy (go) or pass (no-go). It's the output of deal-analysis, investment-criteria, and sensitivity-analysis.
Going-In Cap Rate
Going-In Cap Rate 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.
Golden Handcuffs Escape
The golden handcuffs escape is a financial independence strategy where investors build rental property cash flow to replace their W-2 salary, breaking free from high-paying corporate jobs that trap them through lifestyle obligations and deferred compensation.
Golden Visa
A golden visa is a residency-by-investment program where purchasing real estate above a specified threshold in a foreign country grants the buyer legal residency—and in some cases a pathway to citizenship.