Terms Starting with E
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Cost Estimate
A cost estimate is a projected price for renovation work, derived from labor rates, material costs, and market benchmarks, used to underwrite deals before final contractor bids.
Cost Segregation Specialist
Cost Segregation Specialist is a tax strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of building your team deals.
Countertops
Countertops 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.
Crawl Space
Crawl Space 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.
Credit Enhancement Strategy
A credit enhancement strategy is a deliberate plan to optimize your credit score before applying for investment property financing — using tactical actions that can boost your score 40-80 points in 60-90 days and save thousands in interest.
Cross-Collateral Strategy
Cross-collateral strategy uses the equity in one or more existing properties as additional collateral for new acquisitions, enabling purchases with lower down payments or no additional cash — but creating interconnected risk where a default on one property can trigger foreclosure on all pledged properties.
De Minimis Safe Harbor
De Minimis Safe Harbor 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.
Deal Funnel
A deal funnel is a systematic process of sourcing, screening, analyzing, and closing investment properties—filtering a large volume of leads through progressively tighter criteria until only viable deals remain.
Deal Structure
Deal Structure 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.
Deed
A deed is the legal document that transfers ownership of real property from the seller (grantor) to the buyer (grantee)—it must be signed, delivered, and recorded to complete the transfer.
Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of financing deals.
Deed of Trust
A deed of trust is a three-party security instrument—involving a borrower (trustor), lender (beneficiary), and neutral trustee—that secures a real estate loan and enables non-judicial foreclosure through a power of sale clause, used instead of a traditional mortgage in approximately 30 states.
Down Payment
A down payment is the initial cash you pay toward the purchase price of a home—the rest is financed with a mortgage. The size of your down payment affects your ltv, your monthly payment, and whether you pay pmi.
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.
Due Diligence Team
A due diligence team is the group of professionals you coordinate to investigate a property's physical condition, legal standing, financial performance, and environmental status before closing. Core members include a home inspector, appraiser, title company, real estate attorney, surveyor, insurance agent, and -- for commercial deals -- an environmental consultant. The team works within the due diligence period specified in your purchase contract.
EIN (Employer Identification Number)
EIN (Employer Identification Number) 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.
Effective Age
Effective Age 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.
Electrical Panel Upgrade
Electrical Panel Upgrade 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.
Electrician
Electrician is a construction and renovation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of building your team deals.
Entitlement Play
Entitlement Play 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.
Entity Layering
Entity layering is the practice of structuring multiple LLCs in a parent-child hierarchy—where a holding company owns individual property-level entities—to isolate each asset from lawsuits targeting other properties or the investor personally.
Entity Structure
Entity Structure 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.
Entity Structuring
Entity structuring is the process of choosing and arranging legal entities — such as LLCs, S-corps, C-corps, and trusts — to hold rental properties, protect personal assets from lawsuits, and optimize taxes.
Environmental Assessment
An environmental assessment is a study of a property's environmental condition—historical use, contamination risk, and regulatory compliance—typically a Phase I ESA (Environmental Site Assessment) that identifies potential contamination and liability.