One page, two columns: when every lease ends and when the loan ends
I've put money into three passive office deals. The first one I said no to for a reason I can explain in a paragraph, and the two I said yes to have both paid so far, so I want to…
Office investing means owning office buildings and leasing space to business tenants for rental income.
Log in to followI've put money into three passive office deals. The first one I said no to for a reason I can explain in a paragraph, and the two I said yes to have both paid so far, so I want to…
Small position in a 1990s suburban office, 48,000 sf, three tenants, parking at 5.1 spaces per 1,000 sf. The thing I did before investing that I hadn't seen anyone else do: I aske…
This is a small one. $25k into an eight tenant office and flex building, roughly 34,000 sf, single story, in a suburb where a lot of the tenants are contractors and small medical.…
Almost nothing I understood about this turned out to be true, so writing it down. I put $40k into a fund that described itself as a diversified office income fund. My assumption,…
Put $30k into an office deal through an online platform in my second year of doing anything at all. 110,000 sf, two buildings, 81 percent leased at acquisition, plan was to renew…
Since I've posted two losses in this room I owe the other one. In early 2023 I put $60k into a recapitalization of a newer office tower in a strong downtown submarket. Built 2016,…
64,000 sf, four stories, built 1998, an inner ring suburb with a real amenity base within walking distance. Seller had a loan coming due and had already agreed with the lender to…
The listing was a 9,200 sf single story office on 1.4 acres in an inner suburb, built 1978, three tenants, asking $760k. I looked at it because of the land, not the leases. The pa…
I wanted rent that showed up without a second job. In 2023 I put $85k into a syndication on a three story suburban office, roughly 62,000 sf, bought at what everyone described as…