Terms Starting with S
212 terms
Screening Criteria
Screening Criteria 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.
Screening Report
A screening report is a compiled document that combines credit history, criminal background, and eviction records—and sometimes employment and income verification—into a single file for evaluating a tenant applicant.
Seasonal Maintenance
Seasonal Maintenance 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.
Seasonal Pricing
Seasonal Pricing is a property management concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of str airbnb investing deals.
Seasonality
Seasonality is the predictable pattern of short-term-rental demand and rates that varies by time of year—peak-season (high demand, high ADR) vs off-season (lower demand, lower rates).
Seasoning Period
Seasoning Period is a real estate lending concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of brrrr strategy deals.
Second Home
A second home is a property you own for personal use—vacation, weekend getaway, or future retirement—that you don't rent out full-time, as opposed to investment property or vacation rental held for income.
Second Mortgage
Second Mortgage 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.
Second-Story Addition
Second-Story Addition 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.
Secondary Market
A secondary market is a mid-size metropolitan area—typically 1–5 million people—with fewer institutional buyers, higher cap-rate than primary-market metros, and often strong market-fundamentals.
Secret Spread
The secret spread is the difference between the wholesale interest rate a lender pays for funds and the retail rate they quote to borrowers — a hidden profit margin that savvy investors can identify and negotiate down.
Section 121 Exclusion
Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code allows homeowners to exclude up to $250,000 ($500,000 for married couples filing jointly) of capital gains from the sale of their primary residence, provided they have owned and lived in the property for at least two of the last five years.
Section 1245 Property
Section 1245 Property 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.
Section 1250 Property
Section 1250 Property 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.
Section 179 Deduction
Section 179 Deduction 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.
Section 199A
Section 199A is the tax code provision that allows owners of pass-through entities (LLCs, S-corps, partnerships) to deduct up to 20% of their qualified business income (QBI), reducing the effective tax rate on rental and other business income.
Section 8
Section 8 is the federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program that subsidizes rent for low-income tenants—the tenant pays roughly 30% of their income toward rent, and the government pays the rest directly to the landlord, up to the local Fair Market Rent.
Section 8 Inspection
Section 8 Inspection is a property management 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.
Section 8 Tenant
Section 8 Tenant is a tenant relations 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.
Sector REIT
Sector 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.
Secular Trend
A secular trend is a long-term structural shift in demographics, technology, or economics that drives real estate demand patterns over decades—not months or quarters. These trends persist through multiple business cycles and fundamentally reshape which property types and geographies outperform.
Securities Exemption
Securities Exemption 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.
Security Camera
Security Camera 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.
Security Deposit
A security deposit is money held by the landlord at lease signing to cover damage, unpaid rent, or other lease violations when the tenant moves out.