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Where Can I Buy REITs?
You may be interested in investing in real estate but aren’t sure where to start. You may not have the budget to invest in larger properties, but know they can provide income opportunities.
What Is a REIT?
To some investors, one of the most appealing aspects of investing in real estate is the opportunity to earn truly passive income. While some people want to be actively engaged in their investment properties, others covet the potential to have their properties generate a passive form of income. However, it’s important to note that there are multiple types of passive real estate investments. Understanding what those options are and which one is right for you can help ensure that you’re making the appropriate choice with your money. One such example of a passive real estate investment tool is a REIT.
What Is a Hybrid REIT?
REIT Investment Basics At the foundation, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) owns, finances, or invests in real estate or real estate-related assets. Investors can buy shares in REITs as they would invest in equities, but they are purchasing an interest in a real estate portfolio or a particular asset. There are some specific characteristics of REITs, including the following:
A Guide to UPREITs: What They Are, How They Work, and More
An UPREIT, which stands for Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust, allows owners of appreciated real estate to transfer a property from individual ownership into a trust in exchange for shares in the trust. This exchange is also known as a Section 721 exchange, which is designed to allow the investor to defer capital gains taxes.
How to Evaluate an UPREIT
Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trusts (UPREITs) are a way to gain the passive income potential of a real estate investment by exchanging an appreciating property into a REIT in return for units in the trust instead of selling it outright.
How Does An UPREIT Transaction Work?
In a typical arrangement for a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust, or REIT, the trust is a general partner that holds and manages its assets through an operating partnership subsidiary. In this way, the REIT is the umbrella partnership that owns most of the Operating Partnership units. The balance of OP Units are held by limited outside partners who obtain their OP units in exchange for the contribution of real estate assets to the REIT pool.
Is an UPREIT a Good Investment?
An UPREIT (Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust) is as much a vehicle for investment as it is an actual investment type. That's because it is a method of transferring a property from individual ownership into a trust in exchange for a stake in the trust. The owner of a piece of appreciated real estate contributes the asset to the REIT in a trade (like a 1031 exchange, with the same tax deferral advantage) and receives in return operating partnership units in the REIT.
How Do I Get Income From An UPREIT?
An avenue some investors use to turn appreciated real estate into passive income is by exchanging the value of the property into shares in an Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust (UPREIT) instead of selling it outright.
Why Were UPREITs Created?
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) were introduced in 1960 to allow smaller investors access to income-producing real estate investments that were previously only attainable for the wealthy or large investors.
UPREIT vs. DownREIT
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were created by Congress in 1960 as a way to give all investors an opportunity to invest in large-scale real estate.
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