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  2. What is a short sale? - AOL

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    A short sale is when a mortgage lender agrees to allow a homeowner to sell their home for less than what they owe on the mortgage. A short sale can help you get out of an underwater situation, but ...

  3. Real estate investing - Wikipedia

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    Real estate makes up the largest asset class in the world. Much larger than bonds and stocks, which respectively rank second and third by total market cap. Real estate investing involves the purchase, management and sale or rental of real estate for profit. Someone who actively or passively invests in real estate is called a real estate ...

  4. Funds from operations - Wikipedia

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    Funds from operations. Funds from operations ( FFO) is the term that investors use to describe the cash flow of a real estate company or a real estate investment trust (REIT). [1] FFO is a performance indicator created by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) that is recognized by the SEC to be the standard non ...

  5. Speculation - Wikipedia

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    Capitalism portal. Business portal. v. t. e. In finance, speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable shortly. It can also refer to short sales in which the speculator hopes for a decline in value.

  6. A little too late for me, Treasury to help streamline real ...

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    This year it's with no small sense of embarrassment that I had to unload a commercial property as a "short sale." I hasten to underscore that I'm by no means a big-time real estate investor ...

  7. Private equity real estate - Wikipedia

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    Stock Market. Super angel. Private equity real estate is a term used in investment finance to refer to a specific subset of the real estate investment asset class. Private equity real estate refers to one of the four quadrants of the real estate capital markets, which include private equity, private debt, public equity and public debt.

  8. Real Estate Definitions Every Seller Should Know - AOL

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    Assessed value: The value of real estate property as determined by an assessor, typically from the county. "As-is": A contract or listing clause stating that the seller will not repair or correct ...

  9. Land banking - Wikipedia

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    Syracuse Land Bank property, Syracuse, New York Land banking is the practice of aggregating parcels of land for future sale or development.. While in many countries land banking may refer to various private real estate investment schemes, in the United States it refers to the establishment of quasi-governmental county or municipal authorities tasked with managing an inventory of surplus land.