Investment strategy
Commercial Property or Business Acquisition: Where Should Capital Go?
6 min read
Investors regularly ask whether to buy a tenanted commercial asset or an operating business. They are different products with different demands on your time and different risk profiles.
Return profile
Property income is contractual and predictable; business earnings are higher but variable and dependent on management.
Effort and management
A leased asset is close to passive. A business requires governance at minimum and daily leadership at worst, unless you buy one with a management team, or partner with an operator.
Leverage and liquidity
Property attracts cheaper and longer debt and sells to a broader market. Businesses fund on tighter terms and take longer to exit.
The combination strategy
A common structure is buying the operating business and the property it occupies, then leasing one to the other, giving income security plus operating upside.
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