Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms
eBook - ePub

Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms

About this book

An invaluable resource for real estate professionals and students

Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms puts the terms used every day in the marketing and study of real estate at your fingertips. With a simple A-to-Z format, this comprehensive reference guide gets right to the point, providing brief but clear definitions and understandable explanations for more than 300 current terms and concepts used in every aspect of the real estate industry. An essential communication tool for anyone working in real estate management, insurance, economics, and urban planning, this practical guide is equally valuable for libraries, academics, and students.

Compiled by Bill and Ryan Roark, realtors and co-hosts of Taking Care of Business, a live weekly real estate news and information talk radio program, the Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms provides quick and easy access to the terminology that's unique to the real estate industry. From A (AAA Tenant, absorption rate, abstract) to Z (zoning) and everything in between, this handy reference resource will ensure you're not at a loss for words when dealing with the legal and financial issues related to real estate and property. The book also includes an appendix of sample forms and contracts and another that covers measurements and conversions.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms explains:

  • adjustable rate
  • brokerage fee
  • due diligence
  • internal rate of return (IRR)
  • loan to value (LTV)
  • non-binding agreement
  • planned unit development (PUD)
  • recapture rate
  • sale leaseback
  • tertiary trade area
  • upside/downside
  • warranty deed
  • and much more!

The Concise Encyclopedia of Real Estate Business Terms is equally valuable as a professional reference guide and as a classroom and library resource.

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Index

4-plex units, 169, 174, 233
100 percent mortgages, 87
1031 tax-deferred rule, 154, 233

Absorption rate, 1-2
Access and accessibility, 68-69, 82, 98, 108, 139, 146, 163, 220
Access easement, 108
Access roads, 185
Acknowledgments, witnessing, 95
Acre, 3
Acre-feet, 86
Acreage, 17
Act of God, 6, 56, 66, 104, 201
“Act of vendor’s lien,” 171
Action to quiet title, 155
Ad valorem taxation, 3-4, 10
Add-on charges, 4, 54, 55, 60, 111, 193
Additional collateral, 24
Additions to property, 8, 21, 23, 60, 81, 126, 200, 239
Address
assignment of street, 17
property identification, role in, 72
stating, 234, 237, 246
Adjacent property, 31, 129
Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), 4-5, 34, 44, 170
Adjustment charges, Ill, 112
Adjustment factors in determining market value, 45, 53
Administrative costs, 140
Administrators, 201
ADR (average daily room) rate, 12-13, 128
ADT (average daily traffic), 13
Advertising of real estate, 55, 82, 83, 93, 218, 236
Affidavit
signing, 32
witnessing, 95
Affirmative easement, 39
After-tax equity yield rate, 69
After-tax profits, 109
Age groups, 36
Agency
agreement, 6, 16
definition and overview, 5-6
designated, 37, 175-176
disclosure form, 175-177
Agent, profit to, 91, 93, 234
Agent-customer relationship, 32
Agent entrusted with lease, 5
Agricultural land, 64
Agricultural poison, 63
Agricultural use, soils for, 7...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. About the Authors
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Author’s Note
  9. AAA Tenant
  10. Balloon Mortgage
  11. Call
  12. Dation
  13. Earnest Money
  14. Fair Market Value
  15. General Partnership
  16. Habendum Clause
  17. Improvements
  18. Land Capability Classification System
  19. Market Rent
  20. Negative Amortization
  21. Occupancy
  22. Partial Release
  23. Range Line
  24. S Corporation
  25. Target Market
  26. Undivided Interest
  27. Vacancy Rate
  28. Warranty Deed
  29. Zoning
  30. Appendix A. Sample Forms and Contracts
  31. Appendix B. Measurements and Conversions
  32. Bibliography
  33. Index