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Sell vs lease

Mix Analysis

Each building stays 100% sold or 100% leased (mixing within a building forces condo structure that buyers and lenders discount). The only decision: how many buildings to sell. Per-building economics are the average across enabled buildings. Then: is holding better than selling now?

Cost per building

$2,737,486

If leased: annual NOI

$291,471

If leased: stabilized value

$3,886,284

If sold: net proceeds

$3,384,000

How many buildings to sell?

Equity required is constant — it is set by cost and LTC, not the mix. The de-risk question is how fast sales return that equity; the profit question is what each path creates.

SoldLeasedSale proceedsStabilized NOIEquity requiredEquity returnedValue createdDev profitMargin
06$0$1,748,828$2,463,7370%$23,317,704$6,892,78942%
1(current mix)5$3,384,000$1,457,357$2,463,737100%$22,815,420$6,390,50539%
24$6,768,000$1,165,885$2,463,737100%$22,313,136$5,888,22136%
33$10,152,000$874,414$2,463,737100%$21,810,852$5,385,93733%
42$13,536,000$582,943$2,463,737100%$21,308,568$4,883,65330%
51$16,920,000$291,471$2,463,737100%$20,806,284$4,381,36927%
60$20,304,000$0$2,463,737100%$20,304,000$3,879,08524%

10-year hold — one leased building

The stabilized-value view only captures year-1 worth. Holding collects 10 years of escalating cash flow, then exits at year-10 NOI ÷ 8.0% exit cap.

Levered IRR

33.9%

Equity multiple (MOIC)

9.0x

Total profit

$3,270,533

Avg DSCR over hold

1.56x
YearNOIDebt serviceLevered cash flowExit / equityTotal
0$0$0$0-$410,623-$410,623
1$291,471-$214,246$77,225$0$77,225
2$300,215-$214,246$85,969$0$85,969
3$309,222-$214,246$94,976$0$94,976
4$318,499-$214,246$104,252$0$104,252
5$328,054-$214,246$113,807$0$113,807
6$337,895-$214,246$123,649$0$123,649
7$348,032-$214,246$133,786$0$133,786
8$358,473-$214,246$144,227$0$144,227
9$369,227-$214,246$154,981$0$154,981
10$380,304-$214,246$166,058$2,482,225$2,648,283

Sell now vs hold 10 years — per building

MetricSell nowHold 10 years
Profit per building$646,514$3,270,533
When cash arrivesYear 1, all at onceSpread over the hold + exit
Time-weighted returnImmediate capital recycle33.9% IRR

What flips the answer toward holding: higher rent, cap-rate compression, rent growth, or wanting long-term income with depreciation. What flips it toward selling: immediate liquidity and recycling equity into the next project. The sensitivity to test: flex the exit cap rate — the hold case leans on it.

De-risk solved: the current sale mix nets $3,384,000, exceeding the $2,463,737 equity check — investors are fully repaid from sales and everything after is upside on recovered capital.
Caveat: this holds each building 100% sold or 100% leased. Mixing units within a building would force a condo/reciprocal-easement structure — buyers discount fractional ownership and lenders dislike split collateral — so it is intentionally not modeled.