Terms Starting with V
34 terms
VA Loan
A government-backed loan for eligible veterans and service members, offering no down payment and favorable terms for primary residence purchases.
VRBO
VRBO (Vacation Rental By Owner) is a short-term rental platform focused on whole-home vacation properties, now owned by Expedia Group alongside HomeAway.
Vacancy Assumption
Vacancy Assumption 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.
Vacancy Loss
Vacancy loss is the rental income lost when units are empty—between tenants, during make-ready, or due to prolonged marketing. It's a deduction from gross rent to arrive at effective gross income.
Vacancy Marketing
Vacancy Marketing 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.
Vacancy Rate
The percentage of time a rental property sits empty and produces no income, calculated as vacant units divided by total units — the silent profit killer in rental investing.
Vacancy Risk
Vacancy Risk 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.
Vacancy Turnover
Vacancy Turnover 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.
Vacant Property Insurance
Vacant property insurance covers properties that sit empty—during rehab-costs, between tenants, or pre-sale—when standard landlord-insurance would otherwise void.
Vacation Rental
A vacation rental is a property rented for short stays—typically 1–30 nights—to travelers and vacationers, often via Airbnb, Vrbo, or direct booking, as opposed to long-term rental property with 12-month leases.
Value Creation
Value Creation is a investment 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.
Value Engineering
Value engineering is the practice of maximizing the return on renovation dollars by choosing improvements that add the most value per dollar spent—without sacrificing quality or rentability.
Value Proposition
Value Proposition 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.
Value-Add
Value-add investing is buying underperforming-property — properties with deferred maintenance, poor management, or below-market rents — and improving them through renovation, better operations, or both to increase value and income.
Value-Add Investment
Value-Add Investment 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.
Value-Add Multifamily
Value-add multifamily is an investment strategy that targets underperforming properties—through renovations, rent increases, expense reductions, or ancillary income—to increase NOI and forced appreciation, then sell or refinance at a higher value.
Value-Add Strategy
A value-add strategy involves acquiring underperforming properties and making targeted improvements—renovations, better management, reduced vacancy—to increase net operating income and force appreciation in the property's value.
Value-Add Syndication
Value-Add Syndication 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.
Vapor Barrier
Vapor Barrier 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.
Variable Rate
Variable Rate is a real estate lending concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Veil Piercing Prevention
Veil piercing prevention is the set of practices that ensure courts treat your LLC as a separate legal entity from you personally—maintaining the liability shield that prevents creditors from reaching your personal assets through your LLC.
Velocity of Money
Velocity of money measures how fast you recycle capital through investments—the number of times the same dollars are deployed into new deals per year.
Vendor List
Vendor List 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.
Vendor Management
Vendor Management 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.