Real estate investors need to be acquainted with hundreds of real estate investing terms, and the formulas to calculate rates of return and ratios.
So, where can you go to learn these real estate investing terms and the formulas?
In this article, we show you the best websites to learn about the most important real estate investing terms and formulas, and even learn about some terms you may never hear anywhere else.
Homes4Income
Glossary of Real Estate Investment Terminology is a glossary on our website, Homes4Income.com.
As a real estate wholesaler, we serve investors who are just getting started with real estate, as well as large investors. Since new real estate investors are not familiar with common terms, we have a glossary of the terms to help them get a good start.
Time: Money
If you are a new investor and just getting started, 6 Acronyms Every Beginner Real Estate Investor Should Know is an article about the initial terms you should learn.
The six acronyms covered in the article are PITI, LTV, GOI, NOI, DCR, and CCR.
ProAPOD
Top 21 Real Estate Investing Terms and Returns…with Formulas by ProAPOD’s owner and developer, James Kobzeff, is an excellent resource for every real estate investor.
This article is a great resource with 21 real estate investing terms, returns and formulas. James Kobzeff is a former Realtor, and wrote this article because he had known many colleagues and investors who had little understanding of real estate terms.
BiggerPockets
Three of the excellent resources BiggerPockets provides to learn real estate investing terms are:
- 16 Common Real Estate Investing Terms, Defined & Explained
- Real Estate Investing Abbreviations
- Real Estate Glossary
BiggerPockets.com is a very well respected online real estate networking and resource platform. It is geared toward investors, professionals, and homeowners. The mission of BiggerPockets is to educate people in terms of real estate and real estate investing, while providing tools, resources, and data to teach others.
Investopedia
Real Estate Terms by Investopedia is a very reliable resource.
Investopedia is the world’s leading source of financial content on the Internet. There are more than 20 million visitors and 60 million page views each month. The company is owned by IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) and is the largest financial education website in the world. A team of data scientists and financial experts run this site.
InvestorWords
Real Estate Terms and Definitions is by InvestorWords, and is another large index of real estate terms.
InvestorWords.com is a great resource that boasts of being “the biggest, best investing glossary on the web.” It is an online financial glossary that contains over 15,000 definitions. It has helped millions to understand the concepts that are required to be successful in the financial world today.
REIClub
421 Real Estate Terms is by REIClub, and is a great resource for very short and pointed definitions of real estate terms.
REIClub.com includes a multitude of resources, including thousands of real estate articles and blog posts, real estate clubs, hundreds of investor videos, active discussion forums and success stories. In addition, there are investment courses to help you increase your knowledge, and discussion forums to connect and collaborate with fellow investors.
Graystone Investment Group
Graystone Investment Group is an experienced real estate wholesaler in Tampa Bay. We serve clients who flip homes in as little as 30 days, as well as clients who hold high cash flowing rental properties.
Unlike other wholesaling groups, we find properties that we resell to investors at discount prices, while also connecting them with private financing. We also coordinate with rehab and management companies we’ve worked with for years, at no extra charge.
To learn more about profitable real estate investments in the Tampa Bay area, fill out our Investor Profile or contact us direct.