A 6% Cap Rate Is Not a Debt Strategy
Two marketed properties cleared a 6% cap rate but failed a conservative debt-service test. Why cap rate and DSCR answer different questions—and how price, leverage, and loan structure close the gap.
The Data Center Gets the Headline. The Electrician Gets the Backlog.
Every Freight Train in America Has an Opinion About Chicago
The Electric Vehicle Needs a Very Analog Bridge
Nobody Picks a Warehouse Site by Feel
The River Did the Job Before the Railroad Existed
Affordable Housing Is Logistics Infrastructure, Too
Seller Financing Done Right
Seller financing can give a retiring owner steady income and a patient buyer better terms. How DV structures seller notes, and the warning signs that a note is covering for price.
The Crossroads Is a Network, Not a City
Buying From the Family, Not the Market
Long time owners often care about more than price when a family property changes hands. How DV approaches generational transitions of small industrial and apartment properties.
Insurance Is the New Tax Bill
Property insurance has become one of the largest swing costs in small multifamily. How DV underwrites insurance for workforce apartments in hail and storm country.
The Yard Is the Asset
Fenced yards for contractors, fleets, and equipment are scarce near growing metros. How DV underwrites industrial outdoor storage, where the land does the work.
Paying for the Forecast
A new 32 unit apartment building marketed on a pro forma cap rate. Why DV buys trailing numbers, not forecasts, and what lease up risk really costs.
The Tax Bill You Will Actually Pay
A new, fully occupied apartment building at a 6 percent cap looked clean on paper. Reassessing the property tax at the purchase price changed everything.
The Fine Print Behind an Unsexy Building
A high cap rate on a single tenant industrial building is a claim, not a fact. How DV reads the lease history, tenant credit, and basis before the yield.
The Unsexy Buildings That Keep Commerce Moving
DV seeks practical small-bay industrial, flex, storage, yard, and adaptive-reuse properties that support essential regional businesses.
What Motorsports Teaches About Site Selection
Motorsports shows how workflow, preparation, logistics, and reliability reveal the true operating value of industrial property.
Aviation's Lesson for Industrial Real Estate
Aviation shows why access, uptime, redundancy, and regulatory fit matter when evaluating specialized industrial real estate.
The Hidden Real Estate Behind Reshoring
DV examines the overlooked supplier, service, storage, and workforce properties created around major U.S. manufacturing investments.
What Oil and Gas Cycles Teach Us About Industrial Property
Learn how DV separates durable industrial utility from peak-cycle speculation in oil- and gas-linked Southwest markets.