Terms Starting with R
236 terms
Portfolio Lender Relationship
A portfolio lender relationship is a banking partnership with an institution that keeps investment property loans on its own balance sheet rather than selling them to Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac — offering flexibility on terms, underwriting, and deal structure that conventional lenders cannot match.
Portfolio Rebalancing
Portfolio Rebalancing 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.
Preferred Return
Preferred Return 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.
Price-to-Income Ratio
Price-to-income ratio is median-home-price divided by median-household-income—a measure of housing affordability.
Price-to-Rent Ratio
The price-to-rent ratio is the ratio of a property's price to its annual gross rental income—similar to gross rent multiplier (GRM); used to screen markets and compare rent affordability.
Primary Residence
A primary residence is the home you live in as your main dwelling—the place the IRS and lenders treat as your principal home.
Principal Reduction
Principal Reduction is a financial analysis concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Private REIT
Private 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.
Property Condition Report
A property condition report (PCR) is a professional assessment of a property's physical condition—structure, systems, roofing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical—identifying defects, deferred maintenance costs, and capital improvements needed.
Property Tax Records
Property Tax Records 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.
Property Walkthrough
A property walkthrough is a final visual inspection of a property before closing or tenant move-in to verify condition and agreed repairs.
Publicly Traded REIT
Publicly Traded 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.
Quarterly Report
A quarterly report is a periodic financial summary of your rental portfolio — income, expenses, NOI, vacancy, maintenance, and upcoming capital needs — produced every three months to track performance and catch issues before year-end.
Quiet Zoning Revolution
The Quiet Zoning Revolution describes the accelerating nationwide movement to reform single-family zoning restrictions, enabling denser "missing middle" housing types (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, ADUs) on formerly single-family lots, creating transformative investment opportunities.
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.
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.
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 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.
Realtor
A Realtor is a real estate agent who's a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). They adhere to the NAR Code of Ethics. Not all agents are Realtors — it's a membership designation, not a license.
Realtor.com
Realtor.com 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.
RealtyMogul
RealtyMogul 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.
Reappraisal
Reappraisal 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.