Many note funds take on debt from larger lenders or lines of credit against their assets.

Alternative Lenders – Look for private lenders or debt funds that focus on asset-based lending rather than borrower experience.

Quote from @Ronald Rohde: I think it just benefits current owners. our replacement cost variability just went up a lot for the next 4 years. 100%.All cyclical asset classes are reverting to the mean, except the one's with a material short-- naturally. 

And it's an asset that will grow with you for the rest of your life.

I'm just not seeing any strategy that can offset to any significant degree, the depreciating nature of either asset.  

Now taht real estate has gone back to the good ole days of not being an appreciation machine and a good investor needs sound fundamentals in managing and overseeing the properties - now you are given the wave of "creative finance" which comes off as its easy to get a home but it will be interesting to see how these people are fairing in a few years of mismanagement of these assets. 

Blackstone’s non-traded REIT now owns about half of all the real estate within that sector, according to NAREIT.Setting a priceRAD sets its share price by tallying its net asset value — the total appraised value of its real estate and other assets, minus any money it owes or other liabilities — and dividing that figure by the number of shares it has outstanding, according to the circular.The last time it publicly broke down its share-price calculation was on Sept. 30, when the stock was selling at $18.52: a net asset value of $27.3 million divided by 1.47 million shares.RAD’s properties are appraised, in part, based on the income they generate as rentals, according to the circular.But some of the rents in the document’s inventory of RAD’s holdings appear to be overstated, in light of the buildings’ conditions, as characterized by L&I.

Because there have been such significant gains in the markets this year (unless you are a bond investor😬) fund/asset managers and stock traders will likely do some portfolio rebalancing in January, selling winners, and locking in tremendous 2024 gains.

If you are rolling the funds into an appreciating asset that also cash flows, you can make far more money over time than what a retirement fund will do.

I’m a spreadsheet guy, not a software engineer.