Property management
It's so important that you hire a professional property manager to ensure you get reliable tenants and that they pay a good market rent for your real estate. PPS can support you with legal advice and consultancy in Budapest.

Return on Investment
ROI, return on investment, is the concern of most real estate investors. ROI is profit and the reason many investments are made in the first place. Compounding is a magical word to consider when investing. Return on investments can happen in stages.

Safe Investment
The nature of your goals will help to determine how you invest your money. If your goals are less than five years away, the primary goal should be to keep your money safe. If you can grow that money, so much the better but avoid losing that money.

Start Investing
No matter what you do for a living or how much money you make, it is important to start investing for the future as soon as possible. The sooner you start saving and investing your money, the better off you will be.

Buy to Rent
Purchasing a property intended for rental is a great way to ensure a regular income from real estate investing and is generally considered a safer investment.

Buy to Rent 2
By choosing a property with an active rental market in an area that is both growing and desirable you can count on not only increasing the value of your real estate investment but enjoy a healthy influx of money as well.

Capital Gain
Capital gain is the gain of the seller on asset used in a trade or business or for investment, including real estate.

Capital Improvement
Capital improvement is an item that adds value to the property, adapts the property to new uses, or prolongs the life of the real estate. Maintenance is not considered as a capital improvement.

Choose property that's attractive to tenants
This real estate should be clean, have good-sized bedrooms, ideally with off-street parking, and good positioning away from noise and main roads.
You've got to buy something that suits the majority of tenants or even potential property owners.

Property Co-ownership
Co-ownership is aterm specifing situatio when title to real property is held by two or more persons at the same time; also called concurrent ownership.

Installment Sale
An installment sale is a property sale in which the purchaser pays the purchase price over a period of years. The seller recognizes gain for tax purposes by the proportion of the profit received on each payment as it is received.

Invest Consistently
Investing consistently over time is one of the most effective ways to build a substantial nest egg. Consistent real estate investing provides a number of benefits, including instilling financial discipline & forcing you to live on less than you make.

Loft
A loft refers to an open real estate living space that was converted from commercial space to residential space. Lofts contain very high ceilings, large windows and open space.

Price to Earnings Ratio
P/E Ratio = Property Price / Rent-Expenses.
It's used to assess the relative valuation of equities.
In the case of a rented property, divide the property price by its potential earnings (market rent minus expenses), including maintenance & taxes.

Price to Income Ratio
It is generally the ratio of average real estate prices to average familial disposable incomes, expressed as a percentage or as years of income. It is the basic affordability measure for housing in a given area.

Price to Rent Ratio
Formula: Property Price-Rent = Price / Monthly Rent x 12.
The price-rent ratio is the average cost of ownership divided by the received rent income (if buying to let) or the estimated rent that would be paid if renting (if buying to reside).

Property Amenities
Amenities usually special features which building may offer to its owners or tenants. These enhancements usually include a doorman, health club, garage, children's playground, common lounge, etc.

Property Appraisal
An appraisal is the evaluation of a property by a licensed appraiser on its price based on previous sales of similar properties. The appraised value is used by a bank to determine the lending limit on a given property.

Property Conversion
A conversion is a change in ownership status of the real estate. For example, rental housing may be converted to cooperative or condominium ownership.

Property Down Payment
The down payment is the amount of money that a buyer pays as pre-payment in order to purchase a real estate asset. This amount may vary, typically it is between 5% and 25% of the value of the property.

Property Maintenance
The monthly charge levied on owners by a professional company to cover the building's operating costs, real estate taxes, and the debt service on the building's underlying mortgage.

Property Offer
This is an offer to purchase a property at a specific price. Once an offer is accepted, then a contract of sale is issued by the seller's legal advisor or property consultant.

Real Estate Assets
Real estate assets in general can include a house, apartment, vacant land, holiday home or similar items regardless of whether you rent it out or not.

Real Estate Broker
A real estate broker is an individual employed on a fee or commission basis as an agent to bring buyers and sellers together and assist in negotiating real estate contracts between them.

Real Estate Passive Loss
A passive loss is a loss generated by investment real estate when real estate is not the taxpayer's primary business. Loss in excess of income may not be fully recognized for tax purposes in the year it was incurred.