When does it make sense to use the capital extraction method to value commercial real estate as opposed to using the capitalization rate?

We are looking at purchasing a multi-family development in Dallas and are trying to determine how much we are willing to pay to acquire the property. Should we be relying more on the capitalization rate or the capital extraction method to determine the property’s value?

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Mark Drumm

Managing Director, Regent Park Advisors

On Mark Drumm answered:

The capitalization rate method only takes a look at value at a specific point in time. A better measure is a discounted cash flow method, which takes into account the future cash flows, discounted, but it has the risk in making assumptions about an anticipated growth rate.