About the Firm
A net lease brokerage that leads with research
American Net Lease was founded on a simple observation: the net lease market rewards discipline, and discipline starts with better information.
Our Story
Built for the investor, not the listing
Single-tenant net lease is one of the most efficient ways to hold commercial real estate — and one of the easiest asset classes in which to overpay. Cap rates compress and decompress on headlines, tenant credit shifts beneath fifteen-year leases, and the 1031 calendar pressures buyers into decisions they would never make with time on their side.
American Net Lease exists to put information back on the investor's side of the table. We publish institutional-grade research on cap rate movement, tenant credit, and sector dynamics — the same analysis that drives our advisory work — and we make it freely available, because an informed counterparty is a better client.
The firm advises private investors, family offices, and institutions on net lease acquisitions, dispositions, sale-leasebacks, and 1031 exchanges across all 50 states.
Investment Philosophy
Three principles we don't trade away
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Research precedes inventory
Most brokerages publish research to market their listings. We invert that: our research agenda is set by what the data says investors need to know, and transactions follow from the trust that discipline earns. When we have no inventory to sell you, our only product is being right.
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Credit is the asset
A net lease property is a bond wrapped in real estate. The building matters, the location matters — but the tenant’s ability and obligation to pay for fifteen years is where the value lives. We underwrite tenants the way a lender would, before we ever discuss price per square foot.
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Advice over volume
We would rather tell you not to buy than close a transaction that weakens your portfolio. That costs us fees in the short run. It is also why clients bring us their next 1031 exchange without calling anyone else.
Leadership
The advisory team
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Coverage
National reach, regional fluency
Net lease is a national market — your replacement property rarely sits in your home zip code. We track transactions, tenant expansion, and state-level dynamics in all 50 states. Representative markets by region:
Southeast
FL · GA · NC · SC · TN · AL
Texas & South Central
TX · OK · LA · AR
Midwest
OH · IN · IL · MI · MO · WI
Mid-Atlantic & Northeast
PA · NJ · NY · VA · MD
Mountain & Southwest
AZ · CO · NV · UT · NM
West Coast
CA · OR · WA · ID
Discuss your net lease strategy
Whether you are acquiring your first NNN asset or repositioning a portfolio, a conversation costs nothing — and our research goes wherever our clients do.