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jleo

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Commercial real estate or put it all in VT
« on: September 29, 2022, 06:27:14 PM »
Long term what is better. I currently have 1,000,000 to invest into either VT or commercial real estate. The commercial real estate deal would be a 3,000,000 property I would put 1m down on it. So the 2m would be financed over 25 years. I would get a net return of about 100k a year this includes the principal pay down on the commercial real estate loan. I would also get a lot of tax advantages with depreciation on this deal.

Now compare 1m into VT at a current 2.56% dividend so $25,600 this is fully passive. This also could have more appreciation long term but a lot worse cash flow than real estate guaranteed.

I can not make my mind up on this and go back and forth by the day but need to make the decision in the next week. Any help would be great and I know no one has a crystal ball.

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Re: Commercial real estate or put it all in VT
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2022, 06:32:50 PM »
Can we see your numbers on the CRE deal? Is the property underperforming where you can add value?

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Re: Commercial real estate or put it all in VT
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2022, 06:36:06 PM »
Can we see your numbers on the CRE deal? Is the property underperforming where you can add value?

Not a lot of value add here as it is fully leased with recent updates and rents are already at the higher limit. I would say just a pretty steady COC return of about 9-10% annually on the 1m investment.

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Re: Commercial real estate or put it all in VT
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2022, 06:48:07 PM »
Can we see your numbers on the CRE deal? Is the property underperforming where you can add value?

Not a lot of value add here as it is fully leased with recent updates and rents are already at the higher limit. I would say just a pretty steady COC return of about 9-10% annually on the 1m investment.

I glanced at your other thread about the 1031 exchange but don't know your full situation. Is it advantageous tax-wise in your situation to buy this new property and use bonus depreciation to reduce your marginal tax bracket?

Otherwise, I'm not crazy about the prospect of buying a property that's already at the 'upper echelon' of its value. I'd much rather buy something that's underperforming, add value, and benefit from capitalization.

$100k/year on $1mm @ 9 or 10% CoC return is nothing to sneeze at, but I'd prefer searching for a deal where I could generate that kind of cashflow + generate equity on top of it. If you're retiring, don't have the drive to do that sort of thing, or the deal is time sensitive, then more power to you in buying and holding something to generate stable income.

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Re: Commercial real estate or put it all in VT
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2022, 11:57:02 AM »
I thought you were looking to invest in Vermont real estate....