Deals like you describe are typically aimed at newbies that don't know anything about reality.Often, you're being sold a Class C or D property that's using Class A or B numbers.You don't find out until after you buy these properties that: The tenants aren't performingThere's a lot of deferred maintenanceTenants are trashing the propertiesThe tenant pool is NOT what you thoughtRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

However, this probably wouldn’t have worked because with super high franchise fees the perception of potential franchisees would have been that the fee structure was too uncompetitive, and the result would have been that McDonalds would have had slower growth, and their competitors faster growth.Two other positive results of the McDonalds real estate strategy was (1) franchisees are more locked in since McDonalds is also their landlord (2) McDonalds was able to bypass legislation aimed at franchisors being able sell product at high prices to franchisees and (3) McDonalds benefits from the long term appreciation of real estate prices and inflation.

Ideally, you should aim to at least break even.

Regarding financing (and sight distance approval), maybe having your architect make up a small model with people and cars to help sell the project to the bank.This could be costly and of course there's no way to measure the effectiveness on their decision. 

We aim to be as transparent as possible.

It helps me very much in measuring our next steps.

However, if you're aiming to scale your portfolio or dive into your first deal, it's crucial to understand the business fundamentals and cultivate the necessary relationships.

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That's what I suggested you consider, an ADJUSTED measure of doing REI.     

I swear every post I’ve seen is a measured and well considered response to the post in question.