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Free guides to DSCR loans, short-term rentals, deal math and the tax rules around them, from your first rental to your tenth. Written by a brokerage that finances these deals every week. Nothing is gated.

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    The acronyms to know

    Lending runs on abbreviations. These ten come up on almost every rental deal.

    1. DSCRDebt service coverage ratio
    2. LTVLoan-to-value
    3. PITIA
    4. NOINet operating income
    5. ARVAfter-repair value
    6. LTCLoan-to-cost
    7. ADRAverage daily rate
    8. RevPARRevenue per available rental night
    9. DTIDebt-to-income ratio
    10. CapExCapital expenditures
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