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| Turning the focus to our capital markets activity during the past year, we were successful in accessing equity through our ATM program and by completing transactions with operating partnership units while also accessing debt through our strong banking relationships |
| That process is still going on and we're making great progress |
| The fourth quarter marked another period of strong results and concluded a productive year for Postal Realty |
| With no near-term debt maturities, a solid balance sheet, and high collections and retention rates, we are confident in the fundamentals of our business |
| As a result of the flow-through benefit of acquisitions and lease renewals in prior years as well as efficient operations, AFFO per share increased 6% year-over-year |
| We're confident that we're going to achieve a successful result for the and beyond |
| This was due to the hard work of our dedicated team and is a testament to our ability to be flexible and patient while navigating a challenging interest rate environment |
| So I think while the two go slightly hand-in-hand in terms of -- as we grow earnings, we believe we can increase the dividend |
| In the current environment, we're very happy to have five-year leases that we can mark to market as quickly as possible |
| We continue to execute on our strategy, exhibiting patience with acquisitions and prudence in the capital markets, which should reassure investors that our business will continue to thrive across all economic cycles |
| Our business provides investors with stable cash flows each quarter |
| So as you can imagine, the growth of our portfolio over the past five years, both postal and USPS recognized that we needed to come to a better process, a more efficient process given the volume of leases that we need to negotiate on an annual basis |
| Our Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share, representing a 1.1% increase from the Q4 2022 dividend |
| Looking at 2024, we have a long runway and are still seeing significant opportunities |
| So there's a lot of opportunity there |
| We are pleased to discuss our fourth quarter financial results |
| Cash G&A expense came in at the bottom of our stated range for the fourth quarter and the full year 2023 due to cost savings and efficiencies achieved throughout the year |
| We've continued to manage our balance sheet prudently by maintaining low leverage and minimizing our exposure to variable rate debt |
| We acquired 223 properties for $78 million and came in well above the midpoint of our target weighted average cap rate range at 7.7% for both the fourth quarter and the full year 2023 |
| Jordan Cooperstein Thank you and good morning, everyone |
| Barry Oxford Great |
| Our two Topeka properties will be rolling and we're hoping to mark those to market and that's going to be good roll for us, and I think we have another property as well |
| Good morning, guys |
| Jon Petersen Great, thanks |
| We want to and we will continue to buy accretively, and that's really what drives our pipeline |
| Andrew Spodek On behalf of the entire team, I want to thank you for your continued support and taken the time to join us today |
| And that is absolutely one of the components we've look at, at the earnings growth, but the two are not completely tied together, and we are also I've committed to be lowering that payout ratio over time as we grow our earnings |
| So we're very on top of it |
| John Kim Thank you |
| Thank you |
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| And we believe that we're slowing the growth of G&A, and that's reflected in the ratio |
| We're still seeing a lot of deals, the problem is we're not necessarily happy with the pricing |
| We keep quoting of cash G&A as a percentage of revenue coming down year over year |
| We've seen the industrial assets get very expensive over the past couple of years |
| As a percentage of revenue, it declined on an annual basis for the full year 2023, and we anticipate this continuing in 2024 |
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