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What is general vacancy?

Income lost when units are physically unoccupied or unavailable for rent during the year: turnover gaps, lease-up time, and units offline for repairs. A common stabilized baseline is ~5% of GPR.

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.