capital recycling

How much of the cash put into a deal comes back out on exit, and how much stays trapped in the property.

A deal returning 100% of deployed cash lets the same money do the next one. A deal returning 68% means a third of it is stuck, and the next purchase needs new money rather than the same money again.

It is the figure that separates a portfolio that compounds from one that stalls at four properties, and it is invisible in any appraisal that stops at profit.

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