Definition of "Spendable income"

Kathleen Niedospial Broker Associate  real estate agent

Written by

Kathleen Niedospial Broker Associate elite badge icon

Albert Wooster & Company

Net amount of cash than an investor requires from an income-producing property, after taxes, for a period of time, usually a year. It is computed by accumulating all rental receipts for the period and deducting from them all cash-related expenditures applicable to the property, such as the mortgage principal payments, mortgage interest, insurances, taxes. Depreciation, a noncash expenditure, is deducted initially for purposes of computing operating income upon which income taxes are based. However, since it is a noncash expenditure, it is in the end added back to get spendable income.

image of a real estate dictionary page

Have a question or comment?

We're here to help.

*** Your email address will remain confidential.
 

 

Popular Real Estate Terms

A proposal to buy property at a specified price. The seller of the property has the options of accepting the offer, rejecting it, or making a counteroffer. For example, John signs a listing ...

Credential awarded by the International Association of Assessing Officers to appraisers of real property working for a government body. ...

Increasing tax rates with increasing levels of taxable income. ...

Linkage of property ownership that connects the present owner to the original source of title. ...

Business that transforms an underdeveloped tract of land into plots ready for construction. ...

Document issued by a public or private institution to perform some activity according to legal requirements. There is usually a license fee. An example is a real estate license. ...

Statement filed with a governmental authority declaring property a homestead for the purposes of securing a homestead exemption. The declaration of homestead has no effect on the property ...

Amount still unpaid at a particular date on a loan or other financing agreement. ...

Not attached to any parcel of land but merely a personal right to use the land of another. ...

Popular Real Estate Questions