1.A triple net lease shifts more cost uncertainty to a tenant than a gross lease.

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False

2.Commercial properties with stable tenants should have lower cap rates than if these same buildings had very risk tenants. A risky tenant is one who is likely to default on lease payments.

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False

3. In gross lease the tenant does not have to even think about electricity consumption, property insurance, taxes, or janitorial services. All of these are covered without limits in the tenants gross lease payments.

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False

4. An increased demand for commercial properties in a specific location should lower the cap rates for these properties.

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False

5.An investor is trying to decide between two almost identical commercial properties, property A and property B. Property A has a cap rate of 10 and property B has a cap rate of 5. She must consider the possibility that the annual net operating income of property A is less certain or that the asking price for property B is too high or both.

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False

6.If an investor/manager believes she can increase the net operating income of a building then she would probably view the current cap rate on the building as low and a potentially good investment. While other investors might see the property as overvalued.

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False

7.Credit ratings are assigned by the ratings agencies Moodys and Standard and Poors to private companies and are an indication of the ability of the company to honor its financial commitments. Both of these rating agencies are divisions of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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False