A new recurring NOI line isn't just income — at your cap rate, it's a multiple of that income in asset value. Here's the math.
Owners tend to think about a bulk telecom program as added income. That's true — but it undersells it. Because stabilized properties trade on a multiple of their net operating income, a recurring NOI line doesn't just add dollars; it adds value.
Property value, simplified, is annual NOI divided by the cap rate. So every recurring dollar of NOI is worth roughly 1 ÷ cap rate in asset value:
Take a 250-unit community and a bulk telecom program adding toward the middle of the typical $120–$220 per unit per year range — call it $170/unit. That's about $42,500 in new annual NOI.
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Not all NOI is valued equally. Underwriters favor income that's recurring, contractual, and low-risk — and a bulk telecom agreement checks those boxes: it's a multi-year agreement, it requires no capital from the owner, and it doesn't carry the operating risk of, say, a renovation or a new amenity build. That makes it some of the cleanest NOI you can add to a property.
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