Tag: property
One Percent Rule
What is 'One Percent Rule' A rule of thumb used to determine if the monthly rent earned from a piece of investment...
Main Home
What is 'Main Home' A term used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to define the home a taxpayer has lived in...
Mortgage Loan
DefinitionA mortgage loan, or simply mortgage, is used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or alternatively by...
Major Fraud Act Of 1988
What is 'Major Fraud Act Of 1988' A piece of legislation passed during the Reagan administration that modified and strengthened previous fraud...
Abatement Costs
What is 'Abatement Cost' A cost borne by many businesses for the removal and/or reduction of an undesirable item that they have...
Absolute Beneficiary
What is 'Absolute Beneficiary' A designation of a beneficiary that can not be changed without the written consent of that beneficiary. Also...
Absolute Title
DefinitionAllodial title constitutes ownership of real property that is independent of any superior landlord. Allodial title is related to the concept of land held...
Abandonment
What is 'Abandonment' Abandonment is the act of surrendering a claim to, or interest in, a particular asset. In securities, abandonment is...
Absentee Owner
What is 'Absentee Owner' An individual who owns a piece of real estate but does not live in it. An absentee owner...
Abandonment Clause
What is 'Abandonment Clause' A clause in a property insurance contract that, under certain circumstances, permits the property owner to abandon lost...