If you need to sell a net-lease property quickly, the honest answer is: faster than a listing, and a lot faster than most people think. A clean deal with a direct cash buyer typically closes in about 30 to 45 days from the day you agree on a price — and it can be quicker when the file's in order and there's a reason to hurry.

Here's what actually drives that timeline.

Why cash is fast

Most of the time a commercial sale eats up isn't the paperwork — it's the buyer's financing. A financed deal waits on an appraisal, an underwriter, a loan committee, and a lender who can go quiet for weeks and still kill the deal at the end. Take the loan out of the picture and most of the delay disappears.

An all-cash buyer isn't waiting on anyone's approval. Agree on a number, sign, do diligence, close. No loan contingency means no financing that can fall through — which is why cash is both faster and surer, not one or the other.

The realistic timeline

A direct cash sale runs roughly like this:

  1. Offer — days, not weeks. A buyer who knows net lease can price your property fast off the basics: tenant, location, rent, and years left. We usually turn an offer in a few days.
  2. Contract — a few days to agree. A straightforward purchase-and-sale agreement, earnest money into escrow, and you're under contract.
  3. Due diligence — a couple of weeks. The buyer verifies the lease, title, and survey. With a clean, organized file, this is where most of the 30–45 days actually goes.
  4. Closing — a day. The title company handles the transfer and the funds.

Add it up and 30 to 45 days is normal. A simple deal with everything ready can beat it.

What slows a deal down

If you're in a hurry, these are the things that cost you time — most of them avoidable:

  • A financed buyer. The single biggest variable. Cash removes it.
  • A messy file. Missing lease amendments, no estoppel, a title issue nobody chased down. Gather your documents early and diligence flies.
  • Title and survey surprises. An old lien, a boundary question, an easement. Not usually fatal, but they take time to clear.
  • Multiple owners who aren't aligned. An estate, a partnership, several heirs — if everyone isn't on the same page before you start, the close waits on them.
  • A buyer who retrades. Some buyers drag diligence out to manufacture leverage, then try to cut the price at the end. That's not slowness, that's a tactic — and it's a reason to care who you're dealing with.

Fast without getting lowballed

Here's the part that matters: speed is only a win if the number's fair. Plenty of "we'll close in two weeks" buyers are fast precisely because they're paying well under what the property's worth and betting you're desperate.

Protect yourself with two things. First, know what your property's actually worth before you take an offer (here's how net-lease property is priced). Second, deal with a buyer whose speed comes from real capital and real experience, not from a lowball — one with a track record of closing at the number they signed.

We close fast, at a fair number

We buy single-tenant net-lease property with our own cash, so we move at cash speed — no lender, no financing contingency, close on a date we can actually commit to. And fast doesn't mean cheap: we pay a real number and hold it through to closing. If you're working a 1031 deadline or just need this done, that certainty is the whole point. (More: the taxes of selling, and 1031 timing.)

Send us the basics — tenant, location, current rent, and years left — and we'll get you an offer, usually within a few days, with a timeline you can plan around. Tell us about your property.