UNDERWRITING TOOL

Replacement Property Worksheet

A criteria framework for comparing replacement properties without allowing the exchange deadline to dominate investment judgment.

Score the investment and the execution separately.

Investment: price, going-in yield, rent growth, tenant quality, lease rollover, capex, taxes, insurance, management, exit liquidity.

Market: supply, demand, employment base, population, construction pipeline, transaction liquidity and replacement cost.

Capital: leverage, interest rate, amortization, recourse, reserves, lender timeline and refinance risk.

Exchange execution: identification status, diligence time, title, entity, third-party reports, closing certainty and backup plan.

A tax deadline can make certainty more valuable, but it should not make weak underwriting disappear.

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