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There is a prevalent notion that an investor can just buy a netlease property and enjoy the rent checks rolling in each month. ButNoah Shaffer, senior director of asset management for ConfidantAsset Management, says that isn't always the case.

"Landlords are starting to get calls from Walgreens and others,saying, 'Hey, Amazon is really killing us," Shaffer says. "'We'regoing to need a 25% rent reduction.' And those landlords, whothought this was a passive investment for 15 years, aren't preparedto make a decision on something presented by the corporate tenant.So, as a result, they make poor decisions about their investmentasset."

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.