15 Real Estate Acronyms Everyone Should Know

Real estate investing can be a complicated venture, especially if you get lost in the jargon. But since the devil is in the details when it comes to contract terms and language, you need to know what that lingo means before you sign. That's true for homeowners and commercial real estate investors, as well as buyers of real estate-related stocks.

So, to help things along, as is our Foolish way, here's a list of 15 basic acronyms that everyone should know. An acronym comprises the first letters of each word in a term, while an abbreviation is a shortened form of a word, FYI. (See what I did there?)

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