{"id":5267,"date":"2012-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutionalinvestorsecuritiesblog.blawgcloud.com\/2012\/02\/private_reits_the_need_for_tou"},"modified":"2022-05-04T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:34:43","slug":"private-reits-the-need-for-tou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/private-reits-the-need-for-tou\/","title":{"rendered":"Private REITs: The Need for Tougher Oversight?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our institutional investment fraud lawyers <\/a>have reported often on real estate investment trusts (REITs). Today we\u2019d like to talk about private REITs.<\/p>\n

An REIT is a trust, corporation, or association that owns income-producing real estate. Investors\u2019 capital is pooled by REITs to buy a portfolio of properties. There are public REITs, which include ones traded on a national securities exchange and those that are not traded but are publicly registered. Then there are non-traded REITs, which cannot be found on a national securities exchange, but may be traded in a limited capacity in a secondary market. There is also another kind of REIT known as the private-placement, or private, REIT. <\/p>\n

Private REITs, like their non-traded counterparts, are not traded on an exchange. They also come with significant risks. They are not subject to the disclosure requirements that public non-traded REITs have to honor. The fact that they are unlisted makes them difficult to value and insufficient disclosure documents makes it challenging for investors to make educated choices about their investment. <\/p>\n

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