Terms Starting with S
212 terms
Security Deposit Law
Security Deposit Law 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.
Security Deposit Return
Security Deposit Return is a tenant relations concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of property management deals.
Self Check-In
Self check-in is a short-term-rental arrangement where guests access the property on their own using a smart-lock code or lockbox key—no in-person host handoff required.
Self-Directed IRA
A self-directed IRA (SDIRA) is a retirement account that allows you to invest in alternative assets like real estate, promissory notes, and private equity --- not just stocks and bonds. A qualified custodian holds the account, but you choose the investments.
Self-Employment Tax
Self-Employment 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.
Self-Management
Self-management is when you run your rental properties yourself—tenant screening, maintenance, rent collection, inspections—instead of hiring a property manager.
Self-Storage
Self-Storage is a property classification concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of portfolio scaling 1031 exchanges deals.
Self-Storage Investment
Self-storage investment involves acquiring or developing facilities with individual rental units where tenants store personal or business belongings, typically generating 8-12% cash-on-cash returns with lower management intensity than residential properties.
Seller Carryback
A seller carryback is when the seller of a property acts as the lender — instead of the buyer getting a bank loan for the full amount, the seller "carries back" a portion of the purchase price as a loan, secured by a deed of trust and documented in a promissory note.
Seller Concessions
Seller concessions are credits or contributions the seller agrees to pay on the buyer's behalf—usually toward closing costs—applied at settlement.
Seller Financing
Seller financing is a loan provided by the property seller to the buyer, bypassing traditional lenders—the buyer pays the seller directly over time instead of a bank.
Seller Market Strategy
Seller Market Strategy is a investment strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Seller's Disclosure
A seller's disclosure is a legal document in which the property seller reveals all known material defects, repairs, environmental hazards, and other conditions that could affect the property's value or the buyer's decision to purchase.
Seller's Market
A seller's market is a real estate market condition where buyer demand exceeds available inventory, giving sellers pricing power and reducing buyers' negotiation leverage.
Senior Housing
Senior Housing is a property classification concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of portfolio scaling 1031 exchanges deals.
Sensitivity Analysis
Sensitivity analysis is a deal-analysis technique that tests how returns change when key assumptions shift—vacancy, operating-expenses, rent, interest rate. It reveals breakpoints and risk.
Separate Entrance
Separate Entrance is a construction and renovation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of house hacking deals.
Separate Utilities
Separate utilities means each unit has its own electric, gas, water, and sometimes sewer meters—so tenants pay their own usage and the landlord’s operating expenses exclude those bills.
Septic Inspection
Septic Inspection 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.
Series LLC
A Series LLC is one parent LLC that contains multiple "series" (cells)—each with its own liability protection, assets, and members—like a honeycomb. One filing, multiple protected compartments. Available in roughly 20 states including Delaware, Texas, Illinois, Wyoming, and Nevada.
Service Animal
Service Animal is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of tenant screening system deals.
Setback
Setback 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.
Settlement Statement
A settlement statement is a detailed accounting of all money flowing at closing—debits and credits for buyer and seller, closing costs, prorations, and net amounts due.
Sewer Line Replacement
Sewer Line Replacement 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.