{"id":50730,"date":"2023-08-20T07:06:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T11:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/news\/safehold-simply-irreplaceable-nysesafe-seeking-alpha\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T07:06:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T11:06:20","slug":"safehold-simply-irreplaceable-nysesafe-seeking-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=50730","title":{"rendered":"Safehold: Simply Irreplaceable (NYSE:SAFE) | Seeking Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-id=\"content-container\">\n<figure class=\"getty-figure\" data-type=\"getty-image\"><picture>  <\/picture><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few days ago, in one of my \u201clessons learned\u201d articles I explained that when I was a real estate developer, and \u201cone of my trophy assets was a shopping center known as Blackstock Center that was anchored by PetSmart, Party City, and Red<span class=\"paywall-full-content invisible\"> Lobster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible\">What made this property a \u201ctrophy\u201d &#8211; in my definition &#8211; is the fact that it is located on a terrific site alongside a well-traveled Interstate and near other retailers such as Home Depot, Lowe\u2019s and Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible\">Selecting sites is an important part of the value creation process and having developed sites for a long list of retailers, I feel as though I have a PhD in value creation \u201cfrom the ground up\u201d. Consider these companies that I have developed stores for:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"paywall-full-content invisible\">\n<li>Walmart (WMT)<\/li>\n<li>PetSmart<\/li>\n<li>Goodyear Tire (GT)<\/li>\n<li>Advance Auto Parts (AAP)<\/li>\n<li>O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts (ORLY<span class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">)<\/span> <\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Walgreens (WBA)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">CVS (CVS)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Aaron Rents (AAN)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Buddy\u2019s<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">McDonald\u2019s (MCD)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Wendy\u2019s (WEN)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Papa John\u2019s (PZZA)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Eckerd Drug<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Blockbuster Video<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Hollywood Video<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Food Lion<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Bi-Lo<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Dollar Tree (Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Dollar General (DG)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Family Dollar (DLTR)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Lowe\u2019s Food (LOW)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Alltel<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Verizon (VZ)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Subway<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Hibbett Sports (HIBB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Red Lobster<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">IHOP<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Waffle House<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Sherwin Williams (SHW)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Rent-A-Center<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Domino\u2019s Pizza (DPZ)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Outback (BLMN)<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Applebee\u2019s<\/li>\n<li class=\"paywall-full-content no-summary-bullets invisible\">Dunkin Donuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">The list goes on and on\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Prior to writing on Seeking Alpha, I was a real estate dealmaker and over the decades I was involved in over $1 Billion in deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Most of these deals were located on fee-simple real estate, which simply means that I owned the land underneath the buildings that I invested in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">However, Blackstock Center (that I referenced earlier) is on a ground lease which means that someone else owns the dirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Although it may seem unusual for a developer to construct a building on land owned by someone else, there are good reasons that a ground lease is advantageous to all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">The biggest advantage for a tenant (i.e. developer like me) is that a ground lease provides access to well-located land that otherwise couldn\u2019t be purchased (that\u2019s exactly why I leased the land at Blackstock Center).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Also, this is why ground leases are popular with big retail tenants such as McDonald\u2019s, Chick-fil-a, and Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">A second advantage of a ground lease is that the tenant (i.e. developer like me) does not have to come up with the upfront cash to purchase the land. So, this lowers the upfront equity requirement, freeing up cash and enhancing the yield on cost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">In the case of Blackstock Center, the construction costs were around $6 million, and the ground rent was around $150,000 per year. The gross cash flow that the property generated was in excess of $1 million per year (now you know why I called it a trophy).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">For the landowner, a ground lease provides a stable income stream while still allowing the landlord to retain ownership of the land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Usually, ground leases have built-in rent escalation clauses and eviction rights, which provides the landowner sufficient rent increases over the term of the lease as well as further downside protection in the event of a default.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">One of the most overlooked benefits of a ground lease, for the landowner, is the reversion rights, which transfers the ownership of the improvements to the landowner at the end of the lease term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">In my view, being a landowner in a ground lease transaction is the ultimate \u201csleep well at night\u201d investment because it combines the best of both worlds: predictable income and reversion rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Today I want to highlight a pure-play ground lease REIT known as Safehold (Safehold Inc. (<span class=\"ticker-hover-wrapper\">NYSE:SAFE<\/span>) Stock Price Today, Quote &amp; News). I\u2019ve written on the company in the past:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688269849846.png\" alt=\"A graph with arrows pointing to the top Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>Yahoo Finance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">A few weeks ago, I wrote an article explaining my three biggest losers in 2023 and SAFE was on the list. I explained that \u201cI\u2019ve eaten my fair share of crow here on Seeking Alpha\u201d and while SAFE has been a tough pill to swallow, I\u2019m not backing down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">For the record, I\u2019m still long SAFE (2 accounts: -37.5% in one and -28% in the other one). Combined (both portfolios), I hold around 2.5% of SAFE in these combined investment accounts.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\"><strong>SAFE: The Basics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Since going public in an IPO in 2017 SAFE has grown the lease portfolio from around $300 million to over $6.3 billion (over 19x). The reversion value of the ground lease portfolio, or what\u2019s referred to as \u201cunrealized capital appreciation\u201d has grown from around $400 million to over $10.1 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688270754373.png\" alt=\"A graph of growth in a chart Description automatically generated with medium confidence\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SAFE Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">This is amazing growth for any REIT, and SAFE has continued to scale its business during and after the global pandemic. As seen below, SAFE has also assembled a diversified portfolio of ground leases in multifamily, office, hotel, life science, and other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688270792098.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a white and black text Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SAFE Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">SAFE has also expanded the portfolio geographically and as seen below, the company owns sites in markets such as Manhattan (23%), Washington, DC (11%), Boston (7%), Los Angeles (7%), San Francisco (4%), Denver (4%), Honolulu (4%), Nashville (4%), Miami (3%), and Atlanta (3%).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-1691968827002872.png\" alt=\"A map of the united states with blue dots Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SAFE Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">One thing worth pointing out here is that the ground leases are long duration, SAFE\u2019s WALT is ~90 years, and while these long-term leases may not seem attractive (in the eyes of Mr. Market), SAFE\u2019s leases have CPI-linked escalators (capped 3% to 3.5%) on 83% of its leases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">On a GAAP basis (as seen below), SAFE\u2019s portfolio generates a cash yield of 3.5% and an annualized yield of 5.2%, presuming a 0% inflationary environment for the length of the ground leases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Note the disconnect between economic returns and what SAFE recognizes for GAAP. Once again, the majority of SAFE\u2019s portfolio consists of ground leases with contractual compounding cash flows and periodic CPI lookbacks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688265964937.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SAFE Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">In a<span class=\"highlighted_text\"> recent article <\/span>I explained,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026there\u2019s a good chance that the moves that the Fed has made to reduce inflation (rapidly raising interest rates) will eventually lead to a recession. When this occurs their most likely course of action will be to cut rates to help spur economic growth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And when that happens the yields on short-term bonds (and therefore, money market funds) will fall. The way I see it, your guess is as good as mine when it comes to the timing of major macro shifts like that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">However, it appears that rates have &#8220;peaked&#8221;, which has noticeably been a headwind for SAFE and longer-duration REITs (i.e. O, NNN, VICI, ADC, etc\u2026) since last March, and that \u201chigher-for-longer\u201d rationale is likely to continue into 2H23 before a possible rate cut in 2024.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688268684716.png\" alt=\"A graph of stock prices Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>Mizuho Securities<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\"><strong>A SAFE Balance Sheet<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">At the end of Q2-23 SAFE had approximately $4.3 billion of debt comprised of $1.5 billion of unsecured notes, $1.5 billion of non-recourse secured debt, $1 billion drawn on the unsecured revolver, and $272 million of (pro rata share of) debt on ground leases owned in JVs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">SAFE\u2019s weighted average debt maturity is approximately 23 years, with no corporate maturities due until 2026 (just the revolver). SAFE had approximately $816 million of cash and credit facility availability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">At the end of Q2-23 SAFE was levered 1.9x on a total debt-to-book equity basis and the effective interest rate on permanent debt was 3.8% (135 bps spread to the 5.2% GAAP annualized yield I mentioned earlier).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Notably, SAFE is on a positive outlook at both Moody\u2019s and Fitch which means the company is on track for a potential credit rating upgrade from BBB+ to A- (over the next 12 to 18 months).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Also, days ago SAFE commenced an underwritten public offering to sell 6.5M shares to certain affiliates of MSD Partners, L.P. in a private placement, a number of shares equal to ~8.5% of the total number of shares ($173 million), subject to a cap of 639,656 shares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">These proceeds will be used towards debt repayment and reinforcing the balance sheet (again, credit upgrade on the horizon) and to help fund an upcoming $500 million JV that was previously announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">SAFE owned 55% of the venture with a leading sovereign wealth fund, and in addition to SAFE\u2019s share of the ground lease economics it will earn a management fee with the potential for additional promote upside. According to Haendel St. Juste with Mizuho Research,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">\n<p><em>\u201cSAFE issued capital at what management believed to be ~4% implied cap rate, with ~$150M of proceeds allocated towards paying down SAFE&#8217;s revolver (~6.5%), which stood at ~$1B at 2Q23-end. We estimate the net accretion (interest expense savings net of new equity costs) to SAFE to be ~5c \/ year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">He added,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">\n<p><em>\u201cSAFE issued now because it didn&#8217;t want to risk getting shut out of the equity capital markets until mid-September (or longer) and face the potential risk of other REITs stepping in ahead of them&#8230;and potentially delay \/ risk its expected credit upgrade.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688280058572.png\" alt=\"A close up of a number Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SAFE Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\"><strong>Latest Earnings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">In Q2-23 SAFE generated revenue of $85.7 million, and net income of $22.1 million. EPS (earnings per share) was $0.35, which includes one-time merger costs with the external manager.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-1691968828349241.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a graph Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SAFE Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Mizuho trimmed its FY23e EPS estimate to $1.45 (from $1.48) and the FY24e EPS estimate to $1.60 (from $1.65) based upon \u201cprevailing multiples and view on interest rates\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">SAFE\u2019s current dividend payout is $.71 per share, which translates into a payout ratio of 49% (using Mizuho\u2019s 2023 EPS estimate). Mizuho also lowered its PT to $25 from $31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">(Mizuho\u2019s price target of $25 applies a 1x expansion to the 2023 P\/E multiple to its 2024 EPS estimate, which \u201cconservatively reflects the strength of its external growth pipeline and the overall platform\u201d.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688282731967.png\" alt=\"A screen shot of a graph Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>Yahoo Finance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">One catalyst worth noting here is that SAFE is well-positioned to grow its portfolio in this rising rate environment. As I have argued in the past, net lease REITs like Realty Income (O), Agree Realty (ADC) and VICI Properties (VICI) should all benefit because of the increased demand for sale-leaseback capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Corporate customers owning real estate are looking for ways to monetize buildings because rent costs are cheaper than debt costs. Similarly, SAFE should see more transaction activity as sellers rely on ground leases as a source of capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Other Equity REITs have entered the race, such as Agree Realty that owns 210 ground leases (87% investment grade rated customers) that account for 11.9% of ADC\u2019s ABR (weighted lease term of 10.9 years).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688281769717.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a phone Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>ADC Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">Our Buy target is price target is $30 which assumes SAFE generates excess returns and achieves its unrealized capital gain potential (also known as the Carat program).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688282245626.png\" alt=\"A diagram of a timeline Description automatically generated with medium confidence\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SAFE Investor Presentation <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">I also want to highlight the fact that Jay Sugarman, CEO, has been an active buyer of SAFE. A few days ago, he purchased 65,420 shares for his family trust ($1.4 million) and he holds over 1.95 million shares (worth ~$35 million) indirectly and directly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919688281153426.png\" alt=\"A document with numbers and text Description automatically generated\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>SEC &#8211; Form 4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\">I plan to reach out to Sugarman this week in hopes of scheduling an interview, at which time I will make a decision as to whether I will Buy or Hold. <span style=\"background-color: rgb(204, 255, 153);\">We <\/span>maintain a Strong Buy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919691230158646.png\" alt=\"na\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>FAST Graphs<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-16919691638667588.png\" alt=\"na\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>Seeking Alpha <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"regular-img-figure paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\" contenteditable=\"false\"><picture> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/330973-1691969198187895.png\" alt=\"na\" contenteditable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"item-caption\"><span>Seeking Alpha <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall-full-content invisible no-summary-bullets\"><em>Note: Brad Thomas is a Wall Street writer, which means he&#8217;s not always right with his predictions or recommendations. Since that also applies to his grammar, please excuse any typos you may find. Also, this article is free: Written and distributed only to assist in research while providing a forum for second-level thinking.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4629820-safehold-simply-irreplaceable?source=feed_all_articles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, in one of my \u201clessons learned\u201d articles I explained that when I was a real estate developer, and \u201cone of my trophy assets was a shopping center known as Blackstock Center that was anchored by PetSmart, Party City, and Red Lobster. 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