What If the Best REIT to Invest in Isn a REIT at All?
REITs, or “Real Estate Investment Trusts,” are specialized investment vehicles for investors looking to diversify their holdings while sharing the risks and responsibilities among a group of investors with a similar focus and goals. Those ambitions are good ones, and REITs can be good, even great, places to put your real estate investing dollars. But there may be a better alternative. Because there are so many REITs available, and they vary so greatly, it’s common to hear from investors regularly asking, “What’s the best REIT to invest in?” I’m not going to try to answer that here. Rather I’m going to propose an alternative. If you’re looking to invest in a REIT, and you’re looking for the best REIT to invest in, you should consider City Capital Corporation’s Socially Responsible Real Estate Investing Program as an alternative. Most of the benefits of the best REITs are available with City Capital’s program, with the added advantage of social responsibility and community building that