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Reducing Risk of Sale-Leasebacks
To reduce sale-leaseback risks, have the option to buy at a determined time and retain the first right to buy.
You mention several drawbacks to sale-leasebacks. How can companies mitigate potentially negative outcomes of sale-leasebacks?
 

George Livingston, Founder and Chairman, NAI Realvest
The two main ways to mitigate the impact is to have an option to buy the property at a set time, and perhaps at a set or to-be-determined price, and a first right-to-buy in case the new owner wants to sell.
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George Livingston, Founder and Chairman, NAI Realvest
George Livingston, founder and chairman of NAI Realvest, is an entrepreneurial executive and long-time real estate developer and commercial broker in Central Florida. Livingston advises and represents foreign investors, provides real estate services for fast growing companies, and represents lenders in the disposition of special assets. He also represents buyers acquiring investment properties, as well as providing tenant representation and site selection services. His clients include corporations, real estate owners, investors, and developers.

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Christie Alexander, Principal, NAI Realvest
An NAI Realvest principal, Christie Alexander teams with NAI Realvest Chairman George Livingston to provide brokerage and advisory services for their clients, who rely on her expertise, professionalism, and exceptional dedication in maximizing the value of their real estate assets and guiding and completing their property acquisitions and dispositions. Alexander’s 25+ year commercial real estate career includes sales and leasing of office, retail, land, investment, and industrial properties, plus an extensive consulting background in market analysis, feasibility studies and due diligence. A business writer as well, she has more than 100 published articles on real estate and economy topics.

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