Private Equity Real Estate Funds Are Alternative To Private REITs

[Tom Ott]

Hello All,

I am just trying to gather some information from other investors out here. I am wondering how many of you currently, or plan to, invest in a Private Equity Fund. It looks like they are becoming a better option than investing in a REIT. Some are even doing it to diversify their portfolios.

Call it Private Equity, Equity Funds, Syndication, or Crowdfunding, etc., these deals do not seem to be going away. With the SEC regulations that changed a few years ago, some of these deals can even be open to non-accredited investors as well. 

Are any of you looking into these, have you found many? What do you think so far? Forbes seems to think they are safer than REITs.

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