Terms Starting with R
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REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust)
A REIT is a company that owns and operates income-producing real estate. It must distribute at least 90% of taxable income to shareholders as dividends. That lets you invest in property without buying buildings yourself.
REIT Dividend
REIT Dividend is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of passive real estate investing deals.
REIT Types
REIT Types 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.
REO (Real Estate Owned)
REO (Real Estate Owned) is a market analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of market research location analysis deals.
RESPA
RESPA 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.
ROI by Renovation Type
ROI by Renovation Type is a deal evaluation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of value add renovations deals.
RUBS (Ratio Utility Billing System)
RUBS (Ratio Utility Billing System) 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.
Radon
Radon is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of value add renovations deals.
Rate Buydown
A rate buydown is an upfront payment — typically in the form of discount points — that reduces the interest rate on a mortgage, either temporarily for the first few years or permanently for the life of the loan.
Rate Cap
Rate Cap 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.
Rate Inheritance
Rate inheritance is the strategy of acquiring a seller's existing below-market mortgage through a loan assumption, effectively inheriting their interest rate as a financial asset.
Rate Lock
A rate lock is an agreement with a lender to freeze the mortgage-rate for a set period—typically 30–60 days—protecting the borrower from mortgage-rate increases before closing when interest-rate-cycle or federal-funds-rate is rising.
Rate Sheet Pricing
Rate sheet pricing refers to the internal wholesale rate schedules that lenders receive daily from secondary market investors, showing the true cost of funds — and understanding these sheets reveals how much markup your lender is charging.
Rate Shock Bulletproofing
Rate shock bulletproofing is a set of portfolio management strategies designed to protect rental property cash flow from the impact of rising interest rates, particularly when adjustable-rate or short-term fixed mortgages reset to higher rates.
Rate Shock Recovery
Rate Shock Recovery describes the process by which real estate markets adjust and normalize after a rapid increase in interest rates, including the phases of initial disruption, market recalibration, and eventual recovery of transaction volume, affordability, and price growth.
Rate-and-Term Refinance
A rate-and-term refinance replaces your existing mortgage with a new one that changes the interest rate or loan term—but not the principal balance—and does not provide cash to the borrower.
Real Estate Agent
A real estate agent is a licensed professional who represents buyers or sellers in property transactions, with access to the MLS, market data, and negotiation expertise.
Real Estate Attorney
Real Estate Attorney is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of building your team deals.
Real Estate Broker
A real estate broker is a licensed professional who has completed additional education and experience beyond a sales agent license, qualifying them to operate their own brokerage firm, supervise agents, and handle transactions independently. Every real estate agent must work under a broker; a broker can work independently or manage a team.
Real Estate Bubble
A real estate bubble is when market-value and prices disconnect from market-fundamentals—rental-income, income growth, cap-rate—driven by speculation and peak-phase overheating, often preceding market-correction and contraction-phase.
Real Estate CPA
A real estate CPA is a certified public accountant who specializes in tax strategy and compliance for real estate investors.
Real Estate Commission
Real Estate Commission is a real estate investing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Real Estate Contract
Real Estate Contract is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of deal analysis deals.
Real Estate Crowdfunding
Real estate crowdfunding is online investing where you pool money with other investors through a platform to buy fractional stakes in properties or development projects. You never touch the physical asset.