Terms Starting with D
94 terms
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-Cost Averaging is a economic fundamentals concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of market cycles deals.
Door Count Goal
A door count goal is a specific target number of rental units (doors) an investor aims to own, calculated backward from their desired monthly cash flow and average net income per door.
Dot Plot
The Dot Plot is a chart published quarterly by the Federal Reserve showing each FOMC member's individual projection for the federal funds rate at the end of the current year, next two years, and longer term, providing forward guidance on interest rate direction that directly impacts mortgage rates and real estate markets.
Double Close
A double close is a wholesaling strategy where two separate real estate transactions close in sequence — the wholesaler buys from the original seller (A-to-B) and then immediately resells to the end buyer (B-to-C) — with the wholesaler briefly holding title between closings.
Draft off the Giants
Draft off the Giants is an investment strategy where individual investors follow institutional capital into markets that large firms have already researched, validated, and begun investing in, leveraging their due diligence while targeting property types and price points where institutions don't compete.
Drag-Along Rights
Drag-Along Rights 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.
Draw Schedule
A draw schedule is a timeline that releases renovation funds in stages as work completes, typically tied to milestones like demolition, rough-in, and finish work.
Drive-By Appraisal
Drive-By Appraisal is a property valuation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of first rental property deals.
Driveway
Driveway 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.
Drone Inspection
Drone 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 real estate investing deals.
Dry Closing
Dry Closing 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.
Dry Powder
Dry Powder 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.
Drywall
Drywall 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.
Dual Agency
Dual Agency is a real estate investing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of purchase process deals.
Due Diligence
Due diligence is the period between an accepted offer and closing when you verify the property's condition, title, and finances so you don't buy a lemon or inherit someone else's liens.
Duplex
A duplex is a building with two separate residential units — each with its own entrance, kitchen, and living space — often used for owner-occupancy or as a small rental investment.
Duplex Financing
Duplex Financing is a real estate financing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of house hacking deals.
Dwelling Coverage
Dwelling Coverage 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.
Dynamic Pricing
Dynamic pricing is the practice of adjusting short-term-rental nightly rates in real time based on demand, seasonality, local events, and competitor pricing—rather than using a fixed rate.
Good Debt vs Bad Debt
Good debt generates income or builds wealth — such as mortgages on rental properties. Bad debt does not generate income — such as high-interest credit cards.
PRIME Framework Overview
The PRIME Framework is a five-phase system — Prepare, Research, Invest, Manage, Expand — that guides new real estate investors from initial education through portfolio growth in a structured, repeatable sequence.
Waterfall Distribution
A waterfall distribution is a multi-tier profit-sharing structure in syndications and partnerships—profits flow through tiers (e.g., preferred return to LPs, then catch-up to GP, then split) so each party gets paid in a defined order.