Budget vs UW

I am curious to those in AM and PM view the two. Ex. I am in Year 3 of my investment and I am down vs property budget but overall I am ahead of Proforma.

Its my thought that Uw is evaluating overall investment and returns when as budget is really managing against that years expectations?

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This is the answer - your long-term goal is beating underwriting. If the property outperforms underwriting initially then you have a down year and miss budget but are still ahead of underwriting you're okay. Budget is what you're expecting next year relative to where the property is actually at while underwriting is simply projections. Budget is holding you accountable to what really happened.

 
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