Alphabet Soup: Realtor Edition
The report agents create to prove they didn’t just make up the listing price.
What is a CMA?
The show where buyers tour three houses and somehow always hate the one that doesn’t have a “Christmas tree corner.”
What is House Hunters?
The spreadsheet investors study like it’s the Dead Sea Scrolls, trying to guess which tenant will stop paying first.
What is the Rent Roll?
The magical tool that lets you send home valuations so convincing even Santa checked what the North Pole might be worth.
What is Fello?
This jolly fellow breaks every HOA rule by landing on roofs without permission.
Who is Santa Claus?
This ratio tells lenders whether you're financially ready to buy a house—or if you’ve been overspending on peppermint mochas again.
What is DTI?
A pair of twins who renovate homes faster than Santa wraps presents… and with fewer swear words (probably). Bonus Points for their names!
What is Property Brothers?
Jonathon & Drew
This strategy’s acronym sounds like what Santa says when he slips on ice
What is BRRRR?
The CRM that reminds you to follow up faster than an Elf on the Shelf snitches on a naughty kid.
What is Follow Up Boss?
The number of days on market it takes buyers to recover after seeing holiday-decor photos featuring tinsel from 1998.
What is 12 Days of Christmas?
This term represents the percentage of a home's value that a lender is willing to finance.
What is LTV (Loan-to-Value ratio)?
Two married Texans make every home look like a cozy holiday card and every viewer wonder why they don’t own more shiplap.
What is Fixer Upper?
This tax move lets investors swap properties without paying taxes now—basically the IRS’s version of “Merry Christmas… for the moment.”
What is a 1031 Exchange?
The home search platform that sends buyers new listings with the urgency of Rudolph after three energy drinks.
What is RealScout?
This frosty guy would love a north-facing home… preferably one without direct sunlight.
Who is Frosty the Snowman?
This listing number is what sellers stare at daily while whispering, “But it’s Christmas… shouldn’t that HELP our price?”
What is OLP?
The show where agents sell multimillion-dollar homes while delivering enough drama to power Santa’s sleigh.
What is Selling Sunset?
This metric tells you how much money your cash is making—assuming your tenants pay rent and didn’t spend it all on holiday lights.
What is Cash-on-Cash Return?
The document platform where everyone signs faster than Santa inhaling cookies at stop #3 of 1.7 billion.
What is Dotloop?
This seasonal smell boosts buyer “warm fuzzy vibes,” unless someone burns it and sets off the smoke detector during a showing.
Douglas Fir or Fresh Pine
Investors obsess over this return metric the way kids obsess over who’s getting the biggest stocking.
What is CAP RATE?
The competition show where designers battle it out at a cookie cutter cul-de-sac and someone always chooses wallpaper that looks like wrapping paper gone wrong.
What is Rock the Block?
This concept shows how borrowing money can boost your returns—or turn your investment into the financial equivalent of fruitcake.
What is Financial Leverage?
The transaction system that keeps deals organized even when your December brain is operating at “leftover fruitcake” levels.
What is Open to Close?
Santa leaves this behind when buyers lowball an offer on Christmas Eve.
What is coal in the stocking?