Terms Starting with S
212 terms
Spreadsheet Analysis
Spreadsheet analysis is building a custom financial model for a rental property—typically in Excel or Google Sheets—with explicit inputs, formulas, and outputs for rent, expenses, financing, and returns.
Squeezed Middle Tax Strategy
The squeezed middle tax strategy addresses the unique tax challenges faced by investors earning $100,000-$150,000, where passive activity loss phase-outs and income thresholds reduce the effectiveness of standard real estate tax benefits.
Stabilization
Stabilization is a property management concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of brrrr strategy deals.
Stabilized Deal
Stabilized Deal is a investment strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of syndication deals.
Stabilized Value
Stabilized Value is a property valuation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of deal analysis deals.
Stack Strategy
A stack strategy is the deliberate layering of multiple revenue streams or capital sources on a single property or portfolio to maximize total returns. On the income side, you stack rent with parking, laundry, storage, and other ancillary fees. On the capital side, you combine senior debt, mezzanine debt, preferred equity, and common equity to optimize your cost of capital and amplify equity returns.
Stagflation
Stagflation is the rare combination of high inflation-rate, stagnant economic growth, and high unemployment—a scenario that limits federal-reserve policy options and can stall recovery-phase and real-estate-market cycles.
Staging
Staging is the practice of furnishing and decorating a property for sale to help buyers visualize living there, often increasing sale price and reducing days on market.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a foundational investing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Standard Unit
Standard Unit is a property management concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of small multifamily investing deals.
Starker Exchange (Delayed)
Starker Exchange (Delayed) is a tax 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.
Starter Property
A starter property is an investor's first income-producing real estate purchase -- typically a house hack, duplex, or affordable single-family rental chosen for low entry cost, manageable risk, and hands-on learning. The goal is not maximum returns but building experience, establishing a track record with lenders, and creating the foundation for a larger portfolio.
Stated Income Loan
Stated Income Loan 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.
Statute of Limitations
Statute of Limitations 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.
Statute of Limitations (Tax)
Statute of Limitations (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.
Step-Down Prepayment
Step-Down Prepayment 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.
Step-Up in Basis
A step-up in basis is a tax rule that resets a property's cost basis to its fair market value at the owner's death — wiping out both unrealized capital gains and depreciation recapture for the heirs who inherit it.
Stessa
Stessa 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.
Storage Income
Storage Income 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.
Straight-Line Depreciation
Straight-line depreciation is the default IRS method for depreciating residential rental property: you deduct the depreciable basis (cost minus land) evenly over 27.5 years, with no front-loading or acceleration.
Strategic Patience
Strategic Patience 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.
Stress Test
Stress Test 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.
Structural Engineer
Structural Engineer 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.
Structural Inspection
Structural 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.