Frequently Asked Questions
What types of CRE assets does Investment Grade represent for off-market dispositions?
Investment Grade represents off-market dispositions across NNN single-tenant retail, healthcare practices and medical office, industrial and logistics, hospitality and hotels, and multifamily portfolios. Asset sizes range from $2 million single assets to $500 million-plus portfolios. The common thread across asset classes is structured representation: BOV-anchored pricing, NDA-gated buyer outreach, and curated principal buyer access rather than public listing distribution.
What is Investment Grade's principal buyer network composed of?
The network includes public net-lease and asset-class-specific REITs, NNN-focused private equity funds, healthcare REITs and healthcare PE, industrial and logistics PE and core funds, hotel REITs and hospitality PE, multifamily REITs and value-add multifamily PE, family offices with active real estate allocation, and 1031 exchange buyers in their identification windows. The network spans approximately 200 qualified principal buyers across asset classes and geographies.
How does Investment Grade differ from a traditional listing brokerage on off-market transactions?
Traditional listing brokerages run public listings on LoopNet, Crexi, and CBRE-style proprietary platforms. Investment Grade specializes in off-market distribution to a curated principal buyer list under NDA, with no public marketing materials produced and no listing service exposure. The broker cooperation structure is also different: off-market brokers work both sides of the transaction more often, which compresses the total brokerage cost while maintaining seller-side fiduciary duty.
Does Investment Grade represent both buyers and sellers in off-market transactions?
Investment Grade represents sellers in off-market dispositions, and separately represents buyers in off-market acquisitions, but rarely the same transaction on both sides. The two pipelines feed each other: a buyer-side acquisition mandate often creates demand that matches a seller-side disposition, and the brokerage can pair the two. Both representations are full fiduciary engagements with separate engagement letters and separate compensation structures.
What is Investment Grade's typical engagement structure for off-market sales?
Engagements are typically 6-month to 12-month exclusive listing agreements with seller-side fiduciary duty, performance-based commission structures aligned with seller objectives, and clear protocols for transitioning to a public listing if off-market does not produce qualifying offers within an agreed window. Compensation is paid at close, with no upfront retainer required for most engagements above $5 million in transaction value.
Sell your commercial real estate without listing it publicly.
Investment Grade distributes off-market CRE direct-to-principal through a curated buyer network of net-lease REITs, NNN-focused private equity funds, asset-class-specific REITs, and active family offices. National advisory across NNN, healthcare, industrial, hospitality, and multifamily. There is no fee for the initial conversation.
If you own commercial real estate and are considering a sale, the question is not just whether to sell. It is how. The default answer is a public listing on LoopNet, Crexi, broker email networks, and signage. For the right asset and the right seller, public listing is the right answer. For many sellers, it is not.
Off-market distribution gives owners speed, confidentiality, tenant relationship preservation, principal buyer access, and narrative control. It is the only path for sale-leasebacks. It is the right path for owner-occupied real estate, healthcare practice owners, hotel owners, sellers in tight 1031 windows, and anyone where public exposure damages the underlying business.
Investment Grade Income Property, LP runs an active off-market disposition practice. The first conversation is the pre-listing analysis: a written assessment of expected pricing, the recommended path (off-market, public, or hybrid), and the specific buyer pool that would be reached. There is no cost for this analysis.
When Off-Market Is the Right Path
- Speed matters. 1031 deadline, partnership wind-down, capital deployment, estate event.
- Confidentiality matters. Owner-occupied real estate, healthcare practice, hotel, family office portfolio activity.
- Tenant relationships matter. Multi-tenant property where lease renewals, tenant improvements, or operational trust would be damaged by public exposure.
- Principal buyer access matters. Family offices, sale-leaseback specialists, and certain REITs that transact only off-market.
- Narrative control matters. Pricing uncertainty, market transition, or specialty asset where public reduction would damage subsequent buyer psychology.
What Investment Grade Provides
- Pre-listing analysis with written Broker’s Opinion of Value and recommended path.
- Curated buyer list of 15 to 50 pre-qualified institutional principals selected based on stated mandate, recent acquisition activity, and capital position.
- NDA-gated outreach with full confidentiality controls. Asset never appears on public marketplaces.
- Direct-to-principal negotiation with the right buyer, anchored to defensible BOV pricing.
- Optional conversion provision: if the off-market window does not produce an acceptable offer, engagement converts to a public listing through Broker of Record co-listing partnerships in the relevant state.
- Compliance through Broker of Record co-listing partnerships in all 50 states, ensuring full regulatory coverage on every transaction regardless of location.
- Cross-pollination with the active 1031 buyer pipeline, which directly matches off-market sellers with 1031 buyers in their identification window.
Asset Classes Covered
- NNN single-tenant retail. Investment grade and near-IG credits across all major tenant categories.
- Healthcare real estate. Medical office, MOB, dialysis, urgent care, surgery centers, dental.
- Industrial and logistics. Single-tenant industrial, last-mile, cold storage, manufacturing.
- Hospitality. Limited-service, full-service, and resort hotels.
- Multifamily. Garden, mid-rise, high-rise, and portfolio dispositions.
- Sale-leasebacks. Owner-operators in healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, distribution, automotive, and fitness.
Begin the Pre-Listing Conversation
Email: team@investmentgrade.com
Phone: 312.433.9300 x20
Full service overview: contact Investment Grade
The pre-listing conversation is at no cost and produces a written analysis covering BOV range, recommended path, and buyer pool composition. All conversations are fully confidential.
Background Reading
- Off-Market CRE Sales: The Complete 2026 Guide
- Off-Market vs On-Market: When to List, When to Distribute Privately
- The Off-Market NNN Buyer Universe
- Why Owners Choose Off-Market
- The Investment Grade Off-Market Distribution Process
- Off-Market Sale-Leasebacks for Owner-Operators
Investment Grade Income Property, LP is a licensed commercial real estate brokerage. Out-of-state listings are co-listed with our Broker of Record network of licensed brokers in the relevant state. This page is for informational purposes and does not constitute legal, tax, or investment advice.
