Terms Starting with C
248 terms
Cash Purchase
Cash Purchase 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.
Cash-for-Keys Agreement
A cash-for-keys agreement is a negotiated arrangement where a landlord pays a tenant a specified sum of money in exchange for the tenant voluntarily vacating the rental property by a specific date—avoiding the time, cost, and uncertainty of formal eviction proceedings.
Cash-on-Cash Distribution
Cash-on-Cash Distribution is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of syndication deals.
Catch-Up Provision
Catch-Up Provision is a financial strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of syndication deals.
Cell Tower REIT
Cell Tower 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.
Census Data
Census data is demographic, economic, and housing statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau—population, income, housing units, commute times—available by census tract, ZIP, county, and metro.
Certificate of Insurance
Certificate of 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.
Certificate of Occupancy
A certificate of occupancy (C of O) is an official document from the local jurisdiction certifying that a building or unit meets building and safety codes and is legal to occupy. You need it before renting new or converted units.
Chain of Title
Chain of Title is a title and closing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of purchase process deals.
Change Order
Change Order is a construction and renovation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of brrrr strategy deals.
Channel Manager
A channel manager is software that syncs your short-term-rental availability, rates, and bookings across multiple platforms—Airbnb, VRBO, and others—preventing double-bookings and centralizing dynamic-pricing.
Charging Order
A charging order is a creditor protection mechanism where a creditor who wins a judgment against you personally can't seize your LLC assets—they only get a lien on distributions, and they owe taxes on "phantom income" even when you don't distribute a dime.
Charitable Remainder Trust
Charitable Remainder Trust 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.
Chart of Accounts
Chart of Accounts is a real estate accounting concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of property management deals.
Checkbook IRA
Checkbook IRA is a tax 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.
Chimney Inspection
Chimney 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.
Class A Property
Class A property is the highest tier in the real estate classification system — newest construction (typically within 10–15 years), best locations, highest-quality finishes, lowest vacancy rates, and lowest cap rates (often 4–5%).
Class B Property
Class B property is the middle tier — typically 15–30 years old, good but not premium locations, solid operating expenses, moderate cap rates (5–7%), and a reliable working-class tenant base that many investors call the "sweet spot."
Class C Property
Class C property is the lowest tier in the classification system — typically 30–50+ years old, working-class neighborhoods, lower rents, higher cap rates (7–10%), and more maintenance and vacancy than Class A or Class B.
Class D Property
A Class D property is the riskiest tier in real estate grading: typically 50+ years old, in severely distressed or high-crime neighborhoods, with extreme deferred maintenance, very high vacancy (20%+), and income that looks strong on paper but rarely materializes.
Clawback
Clawback 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.
Clean Conduit
A clean conduit is an entity structure — typically an LLC taxed as a disregarded entity or partnership — that allows all rental income, deductions, and depreciation to pass through directly to the investor's personal tax return without any entity-level taxation.
Cleaning Fee
A cleaning fee is a one-time charge paid by the guest at checkout to cover the cost of cleaning and preparing the short-term-rental for the next guest—part of turnover-cost.
Cleaning Schedule
Cleaning Schedule 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.