Personally I would start with the largest and most experienced fund in the industry, which also has the most conservative strategy: Blackstone Real Estate Investment Trust (BREIT).

That fund is Blackstone Real Estate Investment Trust (BREIT).

Some are (like Fundrise and BREIT) and many aren't (which some actually prefer for certain tax benefits).

But, if I were a nonaccredited investor I would personally start by looking at:1) Blackstone real estate investment trust (BREIT): the largest fund in the industry by far.

@Jayman Petel, yes BREIT  can have very high fees if you purchase certain share classes.

But, if I were a non-accredited investor, I would start with a core plus real estate fund like BREIT as my main holding (or perhaps the new BDREX that is coming out from Broadstone Net Lease).

Anyone have any experience, positive or negative with “Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT)”.

I personally prefer the accredited offerings because the nonaccredited ones usually don't match my personal criteria (i.e. they have too little skin the game, the sponsors don't have full real estate cycle experience, LTV's are too high, have floating-rate debt, fees and promotes are uncompetitive, etc).Having said that, Blackstone has the largest nonaccredited investor offering in the industry (BREIT) and a smaller but similar one is from Starwood (SREIT).

There are publicly traded REITS (which are stocks and you can easily research on many sites like MorningStar), there are private REITs (which are syndication/crowdfunding funds) and there are private REITs that report publicly (like BREIT and SREIT).Also...REITs also offer liquidity which can be an advantage or disadvantage depending on how you look at it in your situation.

Blackstone BREIT, stREITWise, Fundrise Income, realtymogul REIT 1, etc.