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Non-Traded REITs

Piedmont Office REIT Finally Goes Public…Sort Of

February 16, 2010
REIT IOU

Non-Traded REITs are a funny lot. They register with the SEC and comply with all public company filing requirements, yet their shares don’t trade on any public exchange. Most aspire publicly to achieve some sort of “liquidity event” for investors within 7-10 years of formation, either through a public listing or bulk asset [...]

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Non-Traded REITs Are Designed to be Sold, Not Bought

May 26, 2009
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There is no real estate investment I would work more diligently to avoid than a non-traded REIT. They routinely pay dividends out of investor proceeds peter or paul? and one of them, Wells Timberland REIT, doesn’t even qualify as a REIT. So what gives? It’s pretty simple: your friendly neighborhood broker is paid handsomely [...]

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Short this REIT? (The Curious Investor, 6/23/09)
Are REITs and Utilities Good Dividend Investments? (Dividends Value, 7/29/09)
Take Advantage of The ‘Tall-Grass’ Indicator (Contrarian Profits, 6/2/09)
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Non-Traded REITs Under FINRA’s Microscope

March 27, 2009
REITs under scrutiny

Who is making all the money on non-traded REITs, the investors who put up all the dosh or the the brokers who sell them and the sponsors that manage them? FINRA wants to know, and they have issued a Targeted Examination Request to find out.
Two years ago, Stanger & Company analyzed returns on $11 [...]

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Northstar Going Non-Traded REIT Route

March 13, 2009

Just two weeks ago, I speculated about REIT capital shortages and the ability of non-traded REIT equity to fill the gap in the post Averting Massive Sector Wide REIT Defaults: Non-Traded Equity May Be Part of the Answer.
Pacific Office Properties Trust (PCE) had just disclosed their intention to raise $350 million through [...]

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Is now the time to start looking at US ETF REITs? (The DIV-Net, 3/6/10)
Keepin' It Random (Random Roger's Big Picture, 3/20/09)
Investing Based on the Yield Curve – REITs Like it Steep (World Beta - Engineering Targete..., 3/4/10)
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Non-Traded REIT Directory

March 3, 2009

Non-traded REITs are public companies, but their shares aren’t listed on any stock exchange. In reality, this makes non-traded REITs a very opaque and private market (not to mention illiquid). REIT Wrecks has decided to pull the curtain on this lack of transparency and compile a list of non-traded REITs and their vital statistics.

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