Terms Starting with D
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DBA (Doing Business As)
DBA (Doing Business As) 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.
DMA (Designated Market Area)
DMA (Designated Market Area) 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.
DSCR Loan
A DSCR loan qualifies the borrower based on the property's rental income relative to its debt payments, eliminating the need for W-2s, tax returns, or personal income verification.
DSP Investment
DSP Investment 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.
DST (Delaware Statutory Trust)
A DST (Delaware Statutory Trust) is a legal structure that lets multiple investors own fractional interests in a single property—and use that interest as 1031 exchange replacement property to defer capital gains.
Damage Protection
Damage Protection is a real estate insurance concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of str airbnb investing deals.
Dashboard (Portfolio)
Dashboard (Portfolio) 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.
Data Center Investment
Data center investment involves owning or developing specialized facilities that house computing infrastructure (servers, storage, networking equipment), generating returns through long-term leases to technology companies, cloud providers, and enterprises.
Data Center REIT
Data Center 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.
Days on Market (DOM)
Days on market (DOM) is the number of days a property is listed on the MLS before going under contract. It measures how quickly homes are selling and signals whether a market favors buyers or sellers.
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 Analysis Seconds Rule
The Deal Analysis Seconds Rule is a rapid screening method that lets investors evaluate a potential rental property in under 60 seconds using three quick calculations — rent-to-price ratio, estimated monthly cash flow, and rough cap rate — to decide whether a deal deserves deeper analysis.
Deal Fatigue
Deal Fatigue is a deal evaluation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
Deal Flow
Deal flow is the stream of investment opportunities that come to your attention—from MLS, off-market sources, agents, wholesalers, or your own marketing. The more quality deal flow you have, the more likely you are to find deals that meet your criteria.
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 Sourcing
Deal Sourcing is a deal evaluation concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of real estate investing deals.
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.
Death Cross
A death cross is a bearish chart signal that appears when a short-term moving average (usually the 50-day) crosses below a long-term one (usually the 200-day). It tells you momentum has shifted — recent weakness is overtaking the longer trend.
Debt Avalanche Method
The debt avalanche method is a debt repayment strategy where you pay off your highest-interest-rate debts first, minimizing total interest paid and maximizing the capital available for real estate investing.
Debt Consolidation
Debt Consolidation is a financial strategy concept that describes a specific aspect of how real estate transactions, analysis, or operations work in the context of financing deals.
Debt Fund
Debt Fund 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.
Debt Payoff
Debt payoff is the strategy of systematically eliminating mortgages across a rental portfolio to maximize cash flow, reduce risk, and achieve financial independence. It is the opposite of maximum leverage—trading growth speed for stability and income.
Debt Service
Debt service is the total amount of principal and interest payments required on a loan over a specific period, typically expressed as an annual figure. In real estate, annual debt service is subtracted from net operating income to determine before-tax cash flow.
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
A ratio that measures whether a rental property's income covers its debt payments — calculated by dividing rental income by total debt service (PITIA), where 1.0 means breakeven and 1.25+ means strong cash flow.