Equity in exchange for rent or sale, how to find prospects?
So I'm thinking of offering our 150,000 sqft warehouse for sale or for lease in exchange for equity in a business. The property is located near Pittsburg PA. 


On the one hand this might make sense for startups who need cash flow assistance. 

On the other hand, perhaps there are public companies that would prefer to offer shares instead of cash to buy or lease. 

Has anyone been involved with such a transaction? How do I go about finding companies or brokers that are interested in working out a deal like this? 


[{"id": "e2pizfe", "text": "I'm confused. You own the building, is it occupied? If so by you or someone else? I think what you're saying is you have a vacant building and you're interested in leasing our selling but instead of money they'd pay you with equity in their business. If that's the case just sell it or lease it then buy equity in a company. ", "replies": [{"id": "e2pr0zp", "text": "It's partially occupied (25% right now).\n\nSure, I can try leasing it and then selling it, as we are working on. The point of this post is to try to uncover opportunities to kill two birds with one stone.", "replies": [{"id": "e2q2ql8", "text": "Gotcha. The basis of value is supply and demand. Narrowing the buyer/lessee pool to those who will give you equity in the company dramatically narrows the buyer pool and therefore demand. I'd say it's possible to do what you're wanting to do but not at all ideal. I'd lease it then sell it as an investment then just buy whatever equity you like. Or exchange in to a ground lease or something that requires no maintenance from you which would act like a bond. ", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "e2pjee0", "text": "Group in my area does weirdo deals like that. Often old people don\u2019t want to sell, or there is complicated over ship ect. So to get someone to sell without selling, it is a reit that offers shares and cash for a property. They fix it up, and lease it up and the previous owner still gets a small percent of the rents. Good for people who don\u2019t want to sell, and cannot afford to make improvements. \n\nWorks in tight markets, so not sure if it will work where you are at. In a soft market nobody wants to put up with that kind of bullshit ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "e2pwyk0", "text": "A percentage lease would be close. You would get a percent of the businesses revenues or profits, same as if you were an equity holder. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "e2qk0jj", "text": "I wouldn't do that deal unless you **really** can't fill vacancies. A business that can't get a loan and/or doesn't have the cash flow to pay rent is high risk.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "e2sjqbu", "text": "This was done a lot in the early 2000's in San Francisco to start up tech firms.  Cause we're all going to get rich.  It was a gamble that many that should have know better participated in.\n\n[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sock-puppet-kills-petscom](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sock-puppet-kills-petscom)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "e2undw3", "text": "*Pittsburgh ", "replies": [{"id": "e2vg227", "text": "My phone autocorrects to Pittsburg because we own property in Pittsburg CA, woops", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]