Property gets one thousand short of estimate (6)
I believe the answer is:
estate
'property' is the definition.
(estate is a kind of property)
'one thousand short of estimate' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'me' (a setter might use 'one' to humourously mean 'me').
'thousand' becomes 'm' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'short' indicates named letters should be taken away (short can mean missing or absent).
'of estimate' becomes 'state' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'me' with 'm' removed is 'e'.
'e'+'state'='ESTATE'
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for estate that I've seen before include "Piece of land with a lot of houses" , "Car with big luggage area" , "Condition" , "Vehicle" , "Piece of land with a large house or many small ones" .)