Underwriting
The 7% Cap Rate That Wasn't
An advertised return can look compelling until expenses, reserves, and actual operating performance are reconciled. The cap rate is only as reliable as the income behind it.
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Evidence & inputs
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Performance, scenarios & risk
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Knowns, assumptions & unknowns
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Recommendation & next action
Location, growth, development activity, and future potential can create a compelling investment story. But value still has to be supported by the property itself.
Income. Market evidence. Physical utility. Capital requirements. Risk.
Three properties. Same process. Different conclusions.
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Property
Multi-Tenant Commercial Property
Southeast Growth Corridor
The opportunity may be real. The question is whether the property supports the price.
The 7.00% capitalization rate is an illustrative underwriting assumption. It is not a formal appraisal or market conclusion, and this analysis does not state a property value.
NOI Gap
$24,500 / year
29% more NOI required
Approximately 29% more NOI would be required to support the asking price under that assumption.
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The investment thesis may have merit, but the current income, physical property, and unverified future upside do not adequately support the asking price without more evidence.
Growth can create opportunity.It does not eliminate the need for disciplined underwriting.
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Illustrative Analysis — These scenarios are based on real-world commercial property conditions with identifying details and financial assumptions modified for demonstration purposes. They are not current offerings, appraisals, or investment recommendations.
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Lease & Income Risk
Full occupancy sounds ideal. But lease rollover, tenant concentration, below-market rents, and deferred capital can turn apparent stability into future exposure.
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Base rent rarely tells the whole story. Escalations, operating expenses, concessions, tenant improvements, options, and lease term can completely change the economics.
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Bob Piljay has spent 22 years in real estate representing clients through acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, negotiations, due diligence, and complex property decisions.
Piljay Commercial Group was built around a simple belief: clients deserve more than access to a transaction. They deserve someone willing to do the work required to understand it.
That means asking difficult questions, separating facts from assumptions, identifying what is still unknown, and giving clients a professional opinion — even when that opinion may not lead to a transaction.
Bob's experience includes multimillion-dollar transactions, property marketing, buyer and seller representation, landlord and tenant representation, and commercial real estate advisory work.
His approach combines experience, technology, financial and market analysis, property-level investigation, and direct client communication.
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