Rising interest rates and the expectation that cap rates will expand have roiled the net lease market in recent weeks, with buyers rushing to close deals before higher prices are locked in and dealmakers agonizing over whether to close deals that may already be under water.

Nobody expects the flood of capital chasing net lease deals in all asset classes to ebb anytime soon, but dealmakers are feverishly adjusting their strategies to make sure long-term deals still will be profitable.

Speaker after speaker at this week's GlobeSt Net Lease Spring conference offered their best advice for protecting assets from the sudden volatility that is permeating the market. For some, this means deciding whether to close on deals offered in December that already have gone south, profit-wise, in April.

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