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Management Systems & Performance
30-60-90-Day Plan
A 30-60-90-Day Plan is a staged implementation or stabilization plan that defines priorities, owners, outputs, and checkpoints for the first three months...
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Property Management Excellence Glossary
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Management Systems & Performance
Accountability
Accountability is the expectation that a named person owns an outcome, reports progress truthfully, and follows through by a defined time.
Applicant Screening
Applicant Screening is the consistent process of evaluating a prospective tenant against written, lawful criteria.
Management Systems & Performance
Asset Management
Asset management is the owner-side discipline of directing property strategy, financial performance, capital allocation, financing, and disposition...
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Commercial Lease Administration
Base Year
A Base Year is the reference year of operating expenses included in rent under certain gross or modified gross leases.
Finance, Accounting & Investment
Budget Variance
Budget Variance is the difference between budgeted and actual performance for a defined line item and period.
Finance, Accounting & Investment
Budget versus Actual
Budget versus Actual compares planned income and expenses with the amounts recorded for the same period.
Build-to-Rent
Build-to-rent is housing constructed on a builder's land with the intention that the completed homes will be operated as rentals rather than sold.
Building a Legacy
Building a Legacy is the practice of managing real estate for durable financial value and positive impact beyond the current owner or operating period.
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Commercial Lease Administration
CAM Reconciliation
CAM Reconciliation is the periodic true-up of estimated tenant CAM payments against actual recoverable expenses and the lease’s allocation rules.
Finance, Accounting & Investment
Cap Rate
Cap Rate, or capitalization rate, is net operating income divided by property value or purchase price.
Finance, Accounting & Investment
Cash Flow
Cash Flow is the cash generated or consumed after income and required cash expenses during a period.
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Commercial Property
Commercial property is real estate used primarily for business or income-producing activity, including office, retail, industrial, medical, hospitality,...
Commercial Lease Administration
Common Area Maintenance
Common Area Maintenance refers to the costs of operating, maintaining, repairing, and servicing areas or systems used by multiple tenants, as defined by...
Management Systems & Performance
Corrective Action Plan
A Corrective Action Plan documents the performance gap, root cause, action owner, deadline, expected result, and follow-up method for a problem that is...
Cost of Vacancy
Cost of Vacancy is the full economic impact of an empty unit or space, including lost rent, turn work, utilities, leasing labor or commissions,...
Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Cost per Turn
Cost per Turn is the total cost required to prepare a vacated unit for the next resident, often segmented into labor, materials, vendors, cleaning,...
Commercial Lease Administration
Critical Date
A Critical Date is a lease deadline or event that requires action, such as commencement, rent escalation, renewal notice, option exercise, insurance...
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Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Deferred Maintenance
Deferred Maintenance is necessary work that has been postponed beyond the appropriate time.
Delinquency
Delinquency is rent or another tenant obligation that remains unpaid after the applicable due date.
Delinquency Aging
Delinquency Aging groups unpaid balances by how long they have remained outstanding, such as current, 1–15, 16–30, 31–60, and 60-plus days.
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Delinquency Rate
Delinquency rate measures unpaid rent or charges as a percentage of the defined amount billed.
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Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Emergency Maintenance
Emergency Maintenance is work requiring immediate response because of a credible threat to life, safety, habitability, business continuity, or major...
Ethics
Ethics is the set of professional principles used to decide what conduct is fair, responsible, and acceptable.
Commercial Lease Administration
Expense Pass-Through
An Expense Pass-Through is a property cost that the lease permits the landlord to allocate and bill to the tenant in addition to base rent.
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Risk, Compliance & Affordable Housing
Fair Housing
Fair Housing is the body of federal, state, and local requirements that prohibits housing discrimination based on protected characteristics and governs...
Flex Property
A Flex Property combines warehouse, light industrial, office, showroom, laboratory, or service uses in adaptable suites.
Finance, Accounting & Investment
Forecast
A Forecast is the current estimate of future property performance based on actual results, known commitments, market conditions, leasing expectations,...
Future Facing
Future Facing is the commitment to keep a property management company and its assets resilient as technology, regulation, tenant expectations, climate...
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Finance, Accounting & Investment
General Ledger
The General Ledger is the complete accounting record of property transactions organized by account.
Commercial Lease Administration
Gross-Up
Gross-Up is the adjustment of certain variable operating expenses to the amount they would have reached at a stated occupancy level.
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Risk, Compliance & Affordable Housing
Habitability
Habitability is the legally required baseline of safe and livable residential conditions, including essential services and protection from serious health...
Hospitality Property
A Hospitality Property provides short-term lodging and related services, such as a hotel or extended-stay asset.
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Institutional Property
Institutional property is real estate operated primarily to support an enduring education, healthcare, government, cultural, correctional, or nonprofit mission.
Integrity
Integrity is the alignment between stated values, actual decisions, and behavior when no one is watching.
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Management Systems & Performance
Key Performance Indicator
A Key Performance Indicator is a consistently defined measure used to judge whether a property or process is on track.
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Commercial Lease Administration
Lease Abstract
A Lease Abstract is a structured summary of the key business and operating terms in an executed lease.
Commercial Lease Administration
Lease Agreement
A Lease Agreement is the binding contract that defines the parties, premises, term, rent, operating responsibilities, remedies, options, insurance,...
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Leasing Pipeline
A Leasing Pipeline is the staged view of prospects moving from inquiry through showing, application, approval, lease signing, and move-in.
Listening and Communication
Listening and Communication is the practice of creating reliable feedback loops with owners, tenants, residents, vendors, team members, and the property...
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Listening to the Property
Listening to the Property means using inspections, work orders, financial trends, tenant feedback, vendor observations, and visible building conditions...
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Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Maintenance Backlog
Maintenance Backlog is the total unresolved maintenance work waiting for action, scheduling, parts, access, approval, or completion.
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Management Systems & Performance
Management Performance Scorecard
A Management Performance Scorecard is a small set of repeatable metrics that show whether leasing, collections, turns, maintenance, and financial control...
Management Systems & Performance
Management Transition
Management Transition is the transfer of operating responsibility from an owner or prior manager to a new management team.
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Management Systems & Performance
Management Underperformance
Management underperformance exists when agreed outputs, standards, or trends consistently miss target without timely corrective action.
Medical Office Building
A Medical Office Building is office property designed for healthcare providers and related services.
Mixed-Use Property
A Mixed-Use Property combines two or more uses, such as multifamily, retail, office, hospitality, or public space.
Commercial Lease Administration
Modified Gross Lease
A Modified Gross Lease divides operating expenses between landlord and tenant according to negotiated terms.
Management Systems & Performance
Monthly Owner Report
A Monthly Owner Report is the recurring package that connects financial statements with operating performance, variance explanations, open risks, and...
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Multifamily Property
A Multifamily Property contains multiple residential rental units within one building or community, ranging from small apartments to large institutional...
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Finance, Accounting & Investment
Net Operating Income
Net Operating Income is property income remaining after normal operating expenses and before debt service, income taxes, depreciation, and most capital...
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Occupancy Rate
Occupancy Rate is the percentage of rentable units or square feet currently occupied.
Finance, Accounting & Investment
Operating Budget
An Operating Budget is the time-phased plan for property income and recurring operating expenses, built from lease terms, contracts, historical patterns,...
Commercial Lease Administration
Operating Expense Reconciliation
An operating expense reconciliation compares estimated expense payments collected from tenants with the actual recoverable expenses for the period.
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Owner Mindset
Owner Mindset is the discipline of managing a property as though its long-term value, cash flow, risk, reputation, and condition were personally yours.
Management Systems & Performance
Owner Reporting Cadence
Owner Reporting Cadence is the defined frequency, format, and deadline for communicating financial and operating performance to the owner.
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Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Preventive Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance is scheduled work performed to reduce the likelihood of equipment failure, safety issues, water intrusion, and emergency repair.
Finance, Accounting & Investment
Pro Forma
A Pro Forma is a forward-looking model of expected income, expenses, capital needs, financing, and returns based on stated assumptions.
Commercial Lease Administration
Pro Rata Share
Pro Rata Share is the tenant’s contractual percentage of specified property expenses, often calculated using the tenant’s rentable area divided by the...
Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Property Inspection
A Property Inspection is a documented review of physical condition, safety, cleanliness, maintenance, lease compliance, and emerging risk.
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Management Systems & Performance
Property Management
Property management is the day-to-day execution of a property's leasing, tenant service, maintenance, vendor, compliance, accounting, and reporting...
Management Systems & Performance
Property Management Agreement
A property management agreement defines the authority, services, fees, responsibilities, insurance, termination rights, reporting, banking, and approval...
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Property Management Excellence
Property Management Excellence is Anthony A.
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Management Systems & Performance
Property Management Excellence OS
The Property Management Excellence OS is Coastline Equity’s eight-stage operating model for moving an owner from discovery through transition, property...
Management Systems & Performance
Property Takeover Checklist
A property takeover checklist organizes the data, documents, funds, keys, leases, vendors, open work orders, tenant communications, compliance items, and...
Proptech
Proptech is technology used to improve how real estate is leased, operated, maintained, analyzed, financed, and experienced.
Public Facility
A public facility is real property operated to deliver a governmental or community function, with management standards tied to mission, access, safety, and stewardship.
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Quality of Life
Quality of Life is the condition created when properties support safety, functionality, comfort, stability, relationships, and the ability of people to...
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Red Zone
Red Zone is the reactive state in which a property-management conversation becomes adversarial, defensive, blame-focused, or driven by a quick fix.
Renewal Rate
Renewal Rate is the percentage of expiring leases that renew during a defined period.
Risk, Compliance & Affordable Housing
Rent Control
Rent Control is a legal framework that limits rent levels, rent increases, or related tenancy actions for covered properties.
Renter's Bill of Rights
The Renter’s Bill of Rights is Coastline Equity’s written commitment to fair application opportunity, functional housing or business space, respectful...
Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Reserve Plan
A Reserve Plan defines the funds required for known near-term needs, mid-term replacements, long-term lifecycle items, and reasonable uncertainty.
Risk, Compliance & Affordable Housing
Risk Management
Risk Management is the structured process of identifying, evaluating, controlling, transferring, monitoring, and documenting threats to people, property,...
Root-Cause Resolution
Root-Cause Resolution is the discipline of identifying and correcting the underlying condition that repeatedly creates a failure.
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Same-Day Response
Same-Day Response is the commitment to acknowledge a tenant, resident, owner, or stakeholder request on the day it is received and explain the next step.
Self-Storage
Self-Storage is a property type that rents secure storage units to individuals or businesses, often with limited staffing and technology-enabled access.
Senior Housing
Senior Housing includes age-targeted or care-oriented residential properties such as independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.
Short-Term Rental
A Short-Term Rental is furnished residential lodging offered for brief stays rather than a traditional long-term tenancy.
Single-Family Rental
A single-family rental is a one-unit residential structure operated as rental housing, whether detached or qualifying as an attached single-family home.
Student Housing
Student Housing is residential property designed or operated primarily for college or university students.
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Tenant Retention
Tenant Retention is the ability to keep desirable residential or commercial tenants through responsive service, fair and clear lease practices, reliable...
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The Equity Approach
The Equity Approach is a five-part framework for transforming property-management conflict from confrontation to collaboration.
Management Systems & Performance
Transparency
Transparency is the practice of making material financial, operating, vendor, and performance information accessible enough for the owner to understand...
Commercial Lease Administration
Triple-Net Lease
A Triple-Net Lease generally requires the tenant to pay base rent plus its share of property taxes, insurance, and maintenance or operating expenses.
Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Turn Time
Turn Time is the elapsed time required to move a unit from the defined turn start to rent-ready completion or move-in.
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Unit Turn
A Unit Turn is the complete process of moving a multifamily unit from resident move-out to a documented rent-ready condition and then to the next move-in.
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Vacancy Loss
Vacancy Loss is the rental income not earned because units or space are unoccupied or unavailable for rent.
Vacancy Rate
Vacancy Rate is the percentage of rentable units or square feet that is unoccupied at a given time.
Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Vendor Management
Vendor Management is the process of selecting, onboarding, assigning, supervising, measuring, correcting, and retaining outside service providers.
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Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Work Order
A Work Order is the documented record of a maintenance, repair, inspection, or service task from intake through completion.
Maintenance, Facilities & Capital
Work-Order Aging
Work-Order Aging groups open work orders by how long they have remained unresolved.
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