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What is capital stack?

The layered financing structure of a deal (senior debt, mezzanine debt, preferred equity, and common equity), ordered by priority of repayment and risk.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.