Making the Right Move: Should I Sell My Childcare Real Estate?
Owning your childcare property can be one of the strongest drivers of long-term wealth. In this webinar, Kathy Ligon of HINGE Early Education Advisors hands the floor to childcare real estate guru Mike Pepper, who walks through what it looks like to sell your property alongside your business and how that stacks up against leveraging the equity for growth or holding the building long term.
Mike emphasizes that real estate often carries more value than the business inside it, which means it deserves a dedicated analysis of its own instead of being handled as a footnote to a sale.
In this session, you’ll learn:
How to run a business needs analysis around four key real estate considerations: location, customer accessibility, space requirements, and employee accessibility
Why your personal resources, where you are in your business lifecycle, short-term needs, and long-term goals carry equal weight in decision-making
How childcare real estate actually gets valued, starting with market rent and cap rates
Who is buying childcare real estate, including REITs, individual 1031 investors, and local real estate investors, and how each typically operates in terms of price, financing, and closing
The benefits and burdens of owning your facility versus leasing it, plus site-specific risks worth watching like demographic changes, zoning restrictions, and environmental concerns
An overview of real estate financing options, including SBA 504, SBA 7(a), and conventional bank loans, and when each is traditionally used
If you own the building(s) your school operates in, this conversation helps you figure out whether a sale, a sale-leaseback, or retaining the property best aligns with your goals.
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Having closed more than 350 early education transactions and created more than $1 billion in value for childcare sellers, HINGE has helped ECE owners maximize their business and real estate since 2003.
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