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Dealer

Financial services; Real estate investment

As an investment term, a dealer is a person who deals in real property as an occupation rather than as an investor. For purposes of income taxation, a dealer is one who holds property primarily for ...

Debit

Financial services; Real estate investment

A debit is a bookkeeping entry on the left side of an account, recording the creation of or addition to an asset or an expense, or the reduction or elimination of a liability, or item of equity or ...

Declining balance depreciation

Financial services; Real estate investment

Declining balance depreciation is a method of depreciation under which a uniform rate is applied each year to the unrecovered basis of the property. The rate is expressed as a percentage of the ...

Demographic factor

Financial services; Real estate investment

A demographic factor is a population factor that affects the value of real property, such as the number of persons renting as compared to buying, or an increase in the divorce rate.

Depreciation

Financial services; Real estate investment

In real estate practice, depreciation means the loss of value of real property brought about by age, physical deterioration, or functional or economic obsolescence. For the meaning of depreciation in ...