Terms Starting with B
73 terms
Before-Tax Cash Flow
Before-Tax Cash Flow 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.
Below-Market Rent
Below-market rent means the current rent is less than what the unit would fetch in the open market based on rental-comps. It's a value-add opportunity—you can raise rent at turnover or renewal.
Benchmarking
Benchmarking 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.
Beneficial Interest
Beneficial Interest 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.
Best-Case Scenario
Best-Case Scenario 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.
Beta
Beta measures how much an investment's returns move relative to the broader market—volatility compared to a benchmark like the S&P 500. Beta = 1 means the investment moves in lockstep with the market; beta > 1 means more volatile; beta < 1 means less volatile.
BiggerPockets
BiggerPockets is a foundational investing concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Binder
Binder 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.
Bird Dog
A bird dog is someone who finds potential investment properties and refers them to investors in exchange for a fee. They scout deals—driving neighborhoods, scanning listings, talking to owners—but they don't buy, sell, or negotiate. They get paid when the investor closes.
Black Swan Event
Black Swan Event 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.
Blanket Mortgage
Blanket Mortgage is a real estate lending concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of financing deals.
Blockchain in Real Estate
Blockchain in Real Estate 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.
Blue Sky Laws
Blue Sky Laws 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.
Bonus Depreciation
Bonus depreciation is a first-year deduction rule that lets you immediately write off a percentage of qualifying short-life property, instead of spreading those deductions over 5, 7, or 15 years.
Bookkeeper
A bookkeeper tracks and categorizes income and expenses for your rental properties, producing reports that your real-estate-cpa uses for tax preparation.
Boot (1031 Exchange)
Boot (1031 Exchange) is a tax 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.
Boundary Dispute
Boundary Dispute is a legal strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of purchase process deals.
Breach of Contract
Breach of Contract 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.
Break-Even Occupancy
Break-even occupancy is the minimum occupancy rate at which a property's rental income covers all operating expenses and debt service—the point where you stop losing money and start breaking even.
Breakeven Refinance
Breakeven refinance is the point at which the cumulative savings from a refinance equal the closing costs—the number of months you must hold the property for the refinance to pay for itself.
Brick Veneer
Brick veneer is a single layer of non-structural brick applied over wood or steel frame construction, serving as a decorative and weather-resistant exterior. Unlike solid (structural) brick, the veneer does not support the building's weight—the frame behind it does.
Bridge Loan
A short-term loan used to bridge the gap between buying a new property and selling an existing one.
Bridge-to-Agency
Bridge-to-Agency is a real estate lending concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of syndication deals.
Brownfield
Brownfield 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.