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Home Categories Alternative Investments An encumbrance is a claim made on property by someone other than the current right holder. Energy return on investment (EROI) is the amount of energy used to produce a certain amount of clean energy. Equity co-investment is a relatively small investment made in a company at the same time as a larger private equity or venture capital investment. An equity-linked security is a debt instrument with variable payments linked to a stock market benchmark. An escrow agreement is a legal document that sets out the terms and conditions between the parties as well as the responsibilities of each of them. Esoteric debt refers to debts or other financial instruments that have a complex structure that is correctly understood by only a few people with specialized knowledge. Functional obsolescence is the reduction in the usefulness or desirability of an object due to an obsolete design feature that is not easily changed. Gentrification is an urban development process in which an urban area develops rapidly in a short time, changing its value from low to high. Gifting shares involves selling a home at a price below its current market value, but no physical money changes hands. A staged lease is an agreement between a landlord and a tenant or a landlord and a tenant that establishes periodic adjustments to monthly payments.