Should Real Estate Developers Care About Crowdfunding?
Karun Varma Crowdfunding has come to commercial real estate investment, and is making itself at home. The 2012 JOBS Act In United States, helped clear the way for the online purchase of…
Dalian Wanda, Asia’s Richest Man Is Making REITs Obsolete In China
China has often been criticized for copycat business tactics, but after Dalian Wanda raised more than $800 million online last week, the country?s real estate developers are showing that they…
Advantages of Real Estate Crowdfunding Over REITs?
In simple terms, Crowdfunding is not a financial instrument. It is a direct property investment, which is susceptible to sentiment, but certainly not the volatility of the stock market ?…
Key Differences Between Crowdfunding And REITs For Investors?
The most important differentiators are liquidity and the value chain. Firstly, the positive of REITs is that they are liquid and people can get in and out quickly. Crowdfunding, at…
Crowdfunding A REIT Will Be A Game Changer
People sometimes ask ?Will Crowdfunding replace REITs?? That?s not exactly the right question.A REIT ? an acronym for Real Estate Investment Trust ? is not a function of real estate…
10 Things You Should Know About US REITs
If you've been paying attention, you may know that REITs, real-estate investment trusts that invest in all sorts of commercial real estate, have been paying off quite well for investors…
Glossary of REIT Terms
REITs in the U.S. and increasingly around the world now regularly provide investors with the opportunity for meaningful dividends, portfolio diversification, valuable liquidity, enviable transparency and competitive performance. These are…
Types of REITs
REITs is a mechanism through which an average investor can invest in large-scale commercial properties was the same way they invest in other industries ? through the purchase of equity.…
What Is A REIT ?
A REIT, or Real Estate Investment Trust, is a company that owns or finances income-producing real estate. Modeled after mutual funds, REITs provide investors of all types regular?income streams, diversification…
Big Real-Estate Funds Are In Fashion
Investors are pouring more money into real-estate funds than they have since the property bust, but a few giant fund firms are collecting the lion?s share of the spoils.Pension funds,…