Spectrum Real Estate Consultants

Buy, Sell, or Exchange Commercial Property with More Clarity

If you are weighing an acquisition, disposition, or exchange, Spectrum helps you evaluate the opportunity, pressure-test the numbers, and move forward with a clearer strategy across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

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Is This for You?

Buying your first investment Comparing FHA or house-hack paths Selling or exchanging an existing asset Evaluating retail, office, industrial, or multifamily Tightening your acquisition criteria Wanting a clearer next move

No pressure and no hard sell. Just a clearer read on fit, timing, and what makes sense next.

A Proven Team Behind the Deal

Before you commit capital or change course, you want to know who is helping you think through the decision. Spectrum brings market experience, ownership perspective, and local execution across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

RI • MA • CT 15+ Years $350M+ Closed

$350M+ Total Transaction Volume

1500+ Properties Sold

15+ yrs Experience

RI/MA/CT Market Coverage

Retail • Office • Industrial • MF Asset Types Covered

Owner-Informed Guidance Beyond Sales-Only Advice

Case Study • Agent: Justin Dower

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Northern RI 9 Acres Owner-User Build

Situation: A truck manufacturing business was renting and needed vacant land in Northern Rhode Island to build its own facility.

Strategy: Justin led a feasibility study to understand the client's business, customer base, and infrastructure needs, then secured a flat, mostly clear corner 9-acre property for $250K less than ask.

Outcome: The property closed within one year after extensive due diligence, the facility was built within six months, and the business was occupied and performing within two years of the first meeting.

How We Help You Move with Confidence

When a deal has real financial stakes, you need more than surface-level guidance. We help you understand what matters, where the pressure points are, and what direction makes the most sense for your goals.

Understand the Deal

We help you break down the numbers, assumptions, and execution risks so you are not relying on instinct alone.

Review income, expenses, reserves, and likely cash flow
Pressure-test assumptions before time and money go too far
Look past the headline price to what the asset actually needs to do for you

Find the Right Opportunity

From active listings to off-market conversations, we help narrow the field toward opportunities that actually fit your criteria.

Navigate the Process

From first conversation through diligence and closing, we help keep communication, documentation, and next steps more organized.

Make the Next Move Smarter

Whether you are buying, selling, or exchanging, we help connect this deal to the bigger strategy behind it.

Who You’ll Be Working With

You are not looking for someone to simply open doors or forward listings. You want people who can think through the opportunity with you and help you move with better context.

Pete Dufresne

Founder • Spectrum Real Estate Consultants

Pete brings deep local market perspective, ownership experience, and long-standing leadership across Southern New England. He helps clients think through risk, timing, and fit with a calm, practical approach.

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Striving to be the ONLY Realtors you will ever need.

Deep roots and strong ties. That’s what drives Pete Dufresne to go above and beyond for his clients. In 2007, Pete founded Spectrum Real Estate Consultants on a simple idea: to make the real estate experience great for every buyer and seller.

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Justin Dower

Commercial • Industrial • Investment Strategy

Justin brings experience across residential, commercial, and industrial transactions with a development-minded lens. He helps clients identify opportunity, pressure-test the deal, and stay disciplined through execution.

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Potential isn't just a buzzword for Justin Dower. Rather, it is a strategy to get you more.

With a career spanning 15+ years, Justin has earned results across a varied portfolio of residential, commercial, and industrial properties. He began in Boston’s competitive markets and went on to manage a team of 50+ professionals, supporting project development and highest-use strategies.

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What This Can Look Like for You

Not every investor is solving the same problem. Some are sourcing an acquisition. Some are planning a sale. Some are balancing 1031 timing with the next asset decision. This page is meant to meet you where you are.

For Buyers and Investors

If you are looking for your next property, we help you narrow the field, sharpen your criteria, and avoid chasing deals that do not support the returns or positioning you want.

Also welcoming first-time investors: FHA and house-hack style entry strategies can still be part of the conversation where the property type and financing path make sense.

For Sellers and 1031 Clients

If you are selling or exchanging, we help you think through positioning, timing, buyer targeting, and how this decision connects to the next move in your portfolio or ownership plan.

1031 Exchange Guidance

In a 1031 exchange, timing pressure can push people into the wrong decision. We help keep the process organized while staying focused on whether the replacement property actually fits the larger strategy.

What to Pay Attention To

45-day identification timelines
180-day closing deadlines
Replacement property fit and realistic backup options

How We Help

Search replacement inventory and off-market opportunities
Coordinate with your lender, attorney, CPA, and qualified intermediary
Keep the exchange moving without losing sight of the long-term goal

What Happens Next

A lot of investors hesitate because they are not sure what the first conversation will actually lead to. Here is the typical path from initial discussion to a more confident move.

1Start with a Conversation

We talk through your goals, timing, criteria, and what kind of opportunity or exit you are evaluating.

2Clarify the Strategy

We help identify what fits, what does not, and where the strongest opportunities or risks may be hiding.

3Review the Deal

We help you review the numbers, assumptions, and execution pressure points before you move too far.

4Move Through the Process

We help guide communication, negotiation, diligence, and decision-making as the path gets more specific.

5Close with Confidence

Whether it is a purchase, sale, or exchange, the goal is a cleaner process and a smarter finish.

Investor Underwriting Snapshot

Already looking at a property? Use this tool to run a quick snapshot before a conversation and get a clearer read on cash flow, debt coverage, and return potential.

Deal

Purchase Price ($) Closing Costs (%)

Initial CapEx (optional, $)

Income

Annual NOI ($) Vacancy / Credit Loss (%)

Annual Reserves (optional, $) Market Cap Rate (optional, %)

Stabilized NOI estimate = NOI × (1 − vacancy) − reserves.

Financing

Down Payment (%) Interest Rate (%)

Amortization (years) Term (years)

Interest-only (for full term)

Interest-only uses simple interest; amortization is ignored when checked.

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Loan Amount $—

Monthly Debt Service $—

DSCR —

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Annual Cash Flow (after debt) $—

Cash-on-Cash Return —

Implied Value @ Market Cap $—

This tool is for planning and discussion only. Spectrum does not provide tax, legal, accounting, or lending advice.

Property Types We Work In

Different asset types come with different risks, upside, leasing dynamics, and financing considerations. We help you think through those differences with more clarity before you commit.