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Interest Rates Rising? NNN Buyers: Here’s What You Need to Know
It comes as no surprise that interest rates are higher than they've been since 2008. In November, the U.S. central bank raised interest rates for the fourth time in 2022 to a range of 3.75–4%. This "benchmark" interest rate range influences borrowing from most...
10 Ways to Make Money in Commercial Real Estate (Even if You Don’t Have a Ton of Money)
If you’re thinking of investing in commercial real estate, but imagine that you need to be a real estate mogul, take heart: you don’t need to be Donald Trump in order to get started.
The commercial real estate market not only encompasses a large variety of commercial real estate investment properties, but there are also numerous ways to invest capital and see a return on your investment that allow you to get started on a small scale.
Here’s a list of 10 of the ways you can make money in commercial real estate even if you’re on a budget:
$17 Million 1031 Exchange: Mobile Home Park Traded for 4 NNNs Providing $720,000 Annual NOI
4 Triple Net (NNN) Lease Properties Closing date: May–June 2022 Price: $17 million total NOI: $720,000+/year $17 Million 1031 Exchange: Mobile Home Park Traded for 4 NNNs Providing $720,000 Annual NOI Mobile home park owners ready to sell their properties often hang...
What Makes NNNs Profitable Investments?
When it comes to commercial real estate (CRE) investments with the highest returns, a lot of buyers look for multitenant properties with as many tenants as possible, assuming they provide the most profitable outcome. However, while multitenant properties offer a...
NNN Investments: The Importance of Location
The quality of the real estate, or its location, is essential to a successful triple net (NNN) lease investment. In fact, location is one of the three leading factors lenders look at to decide if they will mortgage a commercial property. The location also determines...
NNN: Steady Commercial Real Estate in Unsteady Market
Climbing interest rates, a tense geopolitical climate, and an uncertain economy can concern even the most experienced commercial real estate (CRE) investors. Notwithstanding, this may not be the best time to let your money sit idle when it could help you preserve...
1031 Exchange Benefits
Contemplating selling an investment property but you’re not sure if it’s a good idea? When you sell any type of investment real estate, whether it’s a retail center, office complex, mobile home park, commercial land, rental home, or multifamily dwelling, you can use...
14 NNN Taco Bell Fast Food Restaurants Sold for $32.2 Million by Capturing the Peak Seller’s Market
14 Taco Bell QSRs Closing dates: Mid-2022 Price: $32.2 million Cap rates: 4.25% & 5.25% Earlier this year, a Birmingham-based broker-developer with whom Chris Schellin, President of Westwood Net Lease Advisors, has sold many properties over the years, approached...
Caliber Collision: NNN Tenant of the Quarter Q4 2022
Caliber Collision celebrates 25 years as an automotive service leader, recently opening location number 1,500 while operating in 40 US states. Not only was Caliber recognized as one of “America’s Best Large Employers in 2021” by Forbes, but this brand is also a...
NNN Lease Investing: 5 Potential Tax Benefits
Very few, if any, other investments offer the tax benefits and opportunities that commercial real estate investing offers, especially triple net (NNN) lease properties. The immediate and often significant tax advantages that help build wealth set this asset class...
Should You Use an LLC for Commercial Real Estate Investing?
If you’re just getting started as a commercial real estate (CRE) investor, you might be wondering whether you should use an LLC, or "limited liability corporation," for the purpose of making investments. The answer depends on your long-term CRE investment strategy,...
Can I Use 1031 Exchange for a New Construction NNN Property?
Most commercial real estate investors are familiar with the 1031 exchange tax code, which allows investors to sell one commercial real estate property and buy another while deferring the capital gains tax on the profit from the sale. However, what if you want to buy a...
Calculating Residual Land & Property Value: Quick Guide
What is Residual Land Valuation & Why is it Useful? If you wish to know the value of land with development potential, you would use the residual method of determining that value. Unlike other methods of estimating value, it is used at the beginning stages of...
How to Invest in Triple Net (NNN) Properties
In last week’s blog, What is a NNN Lease Investment? we shared the basics of triple net leases, who leases the properties, and the benefits and drawbacks. We also demonstrated just how straightforward these income-producing investments can be. So now the question...
What is a NNN Lease Investment?
Have you heard about NNN lease investments? Regardless of your level of commercial real estate (CRE) experience, you may not be aware of the unique benefits and security that triple net lease properties offer — they are truly one of the most stable income-producing...
NNN Price & Cap Rate Update: Room for Negotiation
Triple net (NNN) investors have been purchasing in a sellers’ market for the last 24 months or so — but the tide is turning. The team at Westwood Net Lease Advisors is seeing more negotiation room for net lease buyers when it comes to purchase price and cap rate. So,...
Gas Station For Sale: Your Next NNN Lease Investment
If you are in the market for your next or first triple net (NNN) lease investment, you may not have considered a gas station for sale. Gas station businesses with attached convenience stores are easy-to-own, long-term investments that provide stable income for 15 to...
Bonus Depreciation 2022 CRE Phase Out: What You Need to Know Now
You may have heard that bonus depreciation for commercial real estate (CRE) is being phased out starting January 01, 2023. This is true; however, it is not reducing from 100% to zero all at once. As part of the updated 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), for tax year...
NNN Investing: Is It Okay to Use Online Platforms & CRE Software?
Why a NNN Buyer’s Advisor is More Important than Ever With the prevalence of do-it-yourself online services for nearly everything, it may seem easy to find your next triple net (NNN) lease investment using online platforms, services, and software. Those ads for the...
Are Triple Net Investments Better Than the Stock Market?
You've cashed out of the stock market or you're thinking about it but don't know where to invest safely with healthy returns ... you're in the right place. For a low-risk investment, guaranteed monthly income with fixed increases, and the benefits of owning a tangible...
Single Tenant Triple Net Lease Cap Rates 2022
Given the volatile economy and the variations in published reports, triple net lease investors have been asking us for advice, trying to guess where cap rates are heading, and wanting to know if NNNs are still viable investments. As always, we do our best to educate...
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