Bielat Santore & Company Debuts Episode 8 on Buying vs Leasing Hospitality Real Estate

Bielat Santore & Company released Episode 8 of its Owner's Edge Podcast Series on November 11, 2026, covering buying versus leasing hospitality real estate in New Jersey. The Allenhurst, N.J., brokerage announced the episode through PR Newswire.

What Episode 8 Covers for Hospitality Buyers

The episode is aimed at restaurant, tavern, banquet facility and other hospitality real estate buyers, developers and lenders. It sets out the financial, operational and strategic trade-offs between purchasing and leasing commercial hospitality real estate in New Jersey.

Bielat Santore & Company said that over more than 45 years of brokering restaurant and hospitality transactions, 90% of its completed transactions have included the underlying real estate. The episode argues that purchasing the property is usually the better long-term strategy for a proven, adequately capitalized hospitality operator.

The episode offers a decision framework that separates operating business goodwill from physical property value. Its listed highlights include the five decisive advantages of ownership, guidance on when leasing is the smarter decision, and financial modeling and underwriting discipline.

The episode closes with a principle for operators building equity: "Remember, McDonald's is often called a real estate business that sells hamburgers; a powerful reminder that lasting wealth can come from owning the ground beneath your success."

Bielat Santore's Podcast and Deal Record

According to akta.pro company records, Bielat Santore & Company launched the Restaurant Owners' Edge podcast series in April 2026 with Episode 1, "Architects of the Deal," to build thought leadership and generate inbound leads in the hospitality vertical. The same records show the firm released the 2026 Edition of "The Little Black Book on Small Business Financing," a branded reference handbook covering SBA financing, acquisition strategies and lender underwriting requirements, in June 2026.

The records list more than $500 million facilitated across commercial loans, SBA programs and private equity. They also note the firm celebrated its 45th anniversary in April 2026.

Earlier Episodes on Liquor Licenses and Margins

Bielat Santore & Company released Episode 7 of the Owner's Edge Podcast in October 2026, detailing New Jersey's liquor license reforms, PR Newswire reported. In September 2026, Episode 6 covered New Jersey liquor license regulations and valuation, including the statutory framework, municipal caps, license types, transfer rules and a six-step valuation methodology, according to PR Newswire.

PR Newswire reported in July 2026 that the firm released the fourth episode of the series, titled "Mastering the 2026 Margin Squeeze: The Restaurant Survival Playbook," which examines challenges facing U.S. restaurants.