We bring the whole toolbox — creative asset management, brokerage, and tenant solutions for every property challenge.
Most firms hand you the same playbook.
We hand you options.
Holistic asset management means seeing beyond the lease, the vacancy, and the rent roll — to the full potential of every square foot you own.
Every vacant unit is a blank canvas. We engineer occupancy through revenue-share, barter, service agreements, and unconventional tenant partnerships.
We structure rent to match what tenants actually have — whether that's cash, credit, crypto, services, or equity participation. We get landlords paid.
Our partnerships give promising tenants skin-in-the-game rent structures. If they grow, you grow. Creative deals become long-term anchors.
We specialize in the overlooked, undervalued, and misunderstood corners of commercial real estate — providing brokerage, asset management, and tenant consulting that conventional firms won't touch.
Holistic property and portfolio oversight that goes beyond rent collection. We manage the full lifecycle — occupancy strategy, cash flow optimization, capital planning, and tenant relations — for owners who want more than a property manager.
We don't just list spaces — we engineer tenant-ownership partnerships. From lease option structures and seller financing to revenue-share occupancy, we match the right tenant with the right deal architecture to fill your space and build long-term value.
We represent tenants who need creative entry into premium spaces — structuring deals through barter arrangements, service-for-rent trades, equity kickers, and flexible payment plans that get good operators into good space without traditional capital barriers.
A specialized consulting practice focused on one mission: get every unit leased. We audit existing leases, identify buyout opportunities, model upside-sharing structures, and design tenant recruitment campaigns tailored to your specific asset class and market.
We work with landlords and tenants to structure rent in ways that reflect real-world cash flow — not just what's on the lease. If a tenant can pay, we find the structure.
When an underperforming tenant is holding prime space, we engineer structured lease buyouts that free the unit, settle obligations fairly, and position the asset for a stronger replacement tenant — without litigation or extended vacancy drag.
For promising but undercapitalized tenants, we structure deals where base rent is reduced in exchange for a percentage of revenue growth. When the tenant wins, the landlord wins — creating aligned, durable tenancies instead of forced vacancies.
Empty space generates zero revenue and signals distress to neighbors. We place curated short-term tenants — medical pop-ups, wellness practitioners, service businesses — to generate cash flow while we secure a permanent long-term occupant.
We identify early-stage medical practices, healthcare startups, and community service operators and incubate them into your MOB or retail space with subsidized entry rents, mentoring connections, and growth-triggered lease escalations.
MOBs are among the most resilient CRE assets — but vacancy happens. We specialize in placing healthcare tenants including physicians, specialists, telehealth hubs, therapists, and allied health practitioners into underperforming MOB space using creative lease structures and flexible payment terms.
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties operate under compliance constraints that demand specialized management. We bring expertise in Section 8, HCV, RAD, and income-restricted occupancy — ensuring full compliance, maximum occupancy, and creative resident retention strategies.
From garden-style to mid-rise, we assist multifamily owners and developers with lease-up strategy, occupancy optimization, and creative tenant programs. We understand the full capital stack from Fannie/Freddie debt to equity and help align operations with investor expectations.
Mobile home parks offer compelling fundamentals — stable tenants, low turnover, high demand in affordable housing markets — but require specialized management. We work with MHP owners on lot lease structures, resident retention, pad infill, and capital improvement planning.
Our five-step process turns stalled assets and vacant space into performing properties — using tools most firms don't even know exist.
Deep-dive into your rent roll, vacancy profile, lease structure, and NOI potential.
We map every creative path: buyouts, revenue-share, conversions, barter, and more.
Targeted recruitment from our network of medical, retail, housing, and services operators.
We engineer the lease, payment terms, equity kickers, and escalation schedules.
Active asset management to protect the deal, grow NOI, and prepare for exit.
*Illustrative examples representing typical deal structures
A 4,200 SF vacant surgical suite sat dark for 14 months. Traditional physician practices couldn't absorb the TI and base rent. We placed a telehealth operator on a 24-month revenue-share structure — zero base rent for 90 days, then a percentage of gross billings — converting a liability into a productive tenancy.
↑ From $0 to $8,400/mo revenue in Month 4A 78-unit LIHTC property in a secondary market had chronic vacancy and HCV compliance issues. We implemented a resident retention and recruitment program, streamlined HCV processing, and introduced flexible move-in structures to drive occupancy from 81% to 98% within two lease cycles.
↑ 17% occupancy lift, $190K annual NOI recoveryFive contiguous retail bays sat vacant following anchor departure. Rather than re-leasing to traditional retail, we recruited a mix of a community health clinic, pharmacy, mental health practice, and urgent care operator — each on tiered payment structures tailored to their stage of practice.
↑ 100% occupancy, triple-net equivalent returnsA 120-pad MHP with 23 vacant pads had failed to attract traditional rentals. We structured a program where incoming residents could offset pad rent via maintenance services, park improvements, and community management roles — filling every pad within 8 months.
↑ 100% pad occupancy, $46K new annual revenueA 64-unit multifamily project in lease-up was 40% occupied at Month 6. We partnered with a regional employer for a workforce housing placement program, offering employees first-right-of-refusal units with employer rent-subsidy pass-through, accelerating lease-up to 92% within 90 days.
↑ 52% occupancy gain in 90 daysA below-market lease on 6,000 SF of a MOB was blocking asset repositioning and a refinancing. We negotiated a structured lease buyout that settled the obligation over 18 months, freed the space, and allowed the owner to execute a new NNN lease at 2.3x the prior rent — unlocking significant asset value.
↑ $320K valuation gain at 6.5% cap rateTell us about your property, your vacancy challenge, or your tenant situation. We'll come back with creative paths you haven't considered.
CRE Option LLC provides brokerage and asset management consulting services. This site does not constitute legal, tax, or financial advice. All deal structures are illustrative.