Terms Beginning with I

  1. Implied contract

    A contract in which the parties' agreement is established by...

  2. Implied grant

    A process that may be used to create an easement. It's...

  3. Improvement

    An improvement on land is any construction, often of private...

  4. Inchoate right

    Unfinished or incomplete right, such as the dower interest...

  5. Income approach

    The method of determining the value of a property that...

  6. Incorporeal right

    A real estate right that does not confer possession.

  7. Increasing returns

    The idea that states that raising one's expenditures for...

  8. Independent contractor

    One who is hired to carry out a certain task, but who is...

  9. Index lease

    A lease that permits the rent to be raised or lowered on a...

  10. Industrial property

    Any land and buildings that are now being utilized, or might...

  11. Installment sale

    A way to declare gain on the sale of real estate when the...

  12. Insurable title

    A title to land that has been guaranteed by a title...

  13. Insurance

    The provision of financial protection against financial loss...

  14. Interest

    A fee that is assessed by a lending institution for the...

  15. Interim financing

    A construction loan is the common name for the kind of...

  16. Intestate

    The situation that arises when a person who owns property...

  17. Invalid

    Having no power or influence whatsoever.

  18. Invalidate

    To make null and void.

  19. Investment

    The expenditure of funds with the intention of generating...