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10% IRR Minimum: Real Estate Deals & Tax Write-Off Secrets! #shorts

3 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker argues that any real estate investment yielding an internal rate of return (IRR) below 10% is not worthwhile, as such deals function more as tax write‑offs than cash‑flowing assets. He critiques a specific deal structure—an absolute triple‑net lease with a long‑term lease and only 2% annual rental growth—labeling the growth rate as too low. He recommends targeting rental growth around 3.5%, roughly matching inflation, to make a property a viable cash‑flowing investment.

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Honestly, there's nothing out there in real estate right now under 2 digits that's worth doing. So if your IRR, which is your internal rate of return, is not greater than 10%, it's not worth doing, right? This is literally more of a property setup for a tax write-off than it is for it to be a cash-flowing asset. It's not structured as a cash-flowing asset. So going through, it shows like the strengths have the long-term lease. Absolute triple net, annual rental growth at 2%. That's way too low. Typically it needs to be more like 3.5% or equivalent to inflation.