Goldman Sachs Just Bought a $3 Billion Triple-Net Lease Shop. Here Is What It Tells You.
TL;DR: Goldman Sachs agreed to buy LCN Capital Partners, a triple-net-lease specialist managing roughly $3 billion, for approximately $260 million upfront plus up to $150 million tied to long-term performance targets,...
1031 Crowdfunding Review: What This DST Marketplace Actually Costs You
TL;DR: 1031 Crowdfunding is an online marketplace that aggregates Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) offerings from outside sponsors, letting accredited investors complete a 1031 exchange without buying and managing a whole...
Kay Properties vs. Passco Companies: How Two DST Sponsors Actually Differ for 1031 Exchange Investors
TL;DR: Kay Properties & Investments is a marketplace. It doesn't sponsor its own DSTs; it gives investors access to offerings from more than 25 different DST sponsor companies and helps them pick and...
The 45-Day 1031 Exchange Clock: A Section-by-Section Survival Checklist
TL;DR: The 45-day identification deadline in a Section 1031 exchange is absolute. There is no extension for a slow closing, a lost contract, or a holiday weekend, per Treasury Regulation §1.1031(k)-1...
Medalist Diversified's Debut DST Just Closed. Its NASDAQ Listing Is the Real Story.
TL;DR: Medalist Diversified, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRR) closed its debut Delaware Statutory Trust offering on August 7, 2026, raising $8,586,240 in equity from accredited 1031 exchange investors against a...
Canyon Partners Just Closed a $570 Million Opportunistic Real Estate Fund. Here's What That Signals
Canyon Partners Real Estate closed its Canyon US Real Estate Opportunity Fund (CREOF) at roughly $570 million on August 10, 2026, beating its $500 million target by about 14%, according to the...
Real Estate Secondaries: The $20B Market LPs Are Using to Generate Liquidity Right Now
Real estate secondary transactions reached $20.3-25.1 billion in 2025 — up 25% per year since 2019 — and GP-led transactions now account for 72% of volume. Real estate LP positions are trading at 71%
Preferred Equity in Real Estate: Where It Sits in the Capital Stack and What Investors Earn
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RREEF Property Trust's $1.95B Fifth Offering: Reading the Nontraded REIT Stress Signals
RREEF Property Trust filed a Form S-11 on July 27, 2026, seeking $1.95 billion in its fifth public offering, the smallest offering cap in its 13-year history. The fund has never crossed the $500
Townsend's $2B Real Estate Secondaries Raise: Why Institutional Capital Is Flooding This Niche
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Qualified Opportunity Zones in 2026: The Tax Play Most Investors Get Wrong
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CrowdStreet After the $63M Fraud: What Nightingale's Theft Means for Real Estate Crowdfunding Investors in 2026
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BREIT Posts Best Net Flows in Four Years at $1.2B While BCRED Bleeds
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Tax Lien Certificates: The Government-Backed Alternative Investment Most Investors Ignore
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Hawthorn Crossings Reg CF: Can Community Real Estate Crowdfunding Actually Create Returns?
North Minneapolis residents can invest in the Hawthorn Crossings shopping strip on West Broadway for as little as $1,000 through a Regulation Crowdfunding campaign on the Small Change platform, accord
How to Read an SEC Form D: $226.5M Real Estate Case Study
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Self-Storage as an Alternative Investment: What Accredited Investors Should Know in 2026
Self-storage has delivered the highest total returns of any major REIT sector over the past 30 years, per Nareit data . But 2026 looks nothing like 2021. Occupancy has corrected from a 94% pandemic pe
Timber REITs and Private Timberland: The Inflation Hedge Most Accredited Investors Overlook
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Fundrise Review 2026: Real Returns, Actual Fees, and the Liquidity Problem Nobody Warns You About
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IRA Capital and Artemis Close $235M Senior Housing Bridge Loan: The Demographic Bet Accredited Investors Should Study
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